Zapotec, Coatlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zps
Alternate Names
Didxke’, San Miguel Zapotec, Santo Domingo Coatlán Zapotec, Western Miahuatlán Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santa María Coatlán, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur del Este Bajo
User Population

500 (1992 SIL).

Location

Oaxaca state: Santo Domingo Coatlán, 7 towns near Chatino region.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

None known. 54% intelligibility of Loxicha [ztp] (most similar), 51% of San Gregorio Ozolotepec [zao], 44% of Cuixtla (Miahuatlam Zapotec) [zam], 29% of Logueche (Amatlan Zapotec) [zpo], 16% of Mixtepec [zpm], 1% of Quiquitani-Quierí [ztq]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Shifting to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Coatlán
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].