Zapotec, Santiago Xanica

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpr
Alternate Names
Distse’e, Xanica Zapotec, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur del Sureste Bajo
Autonym
Diste’
User Population

2,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, San Andrés Lovene, San Antonio Ozolotepec, Santa María Coixtepec, Santiago Xanica.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects

None known. 72% intelligibility of San Gregorio Ozolotepec [zao], 70% of Cuixtla [zam] (Central Miahuatlán). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Santiago Xanica
Writing

Latin script [Latn].