Zapotec, San Vicente Coatlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpt
Alternate Names
Coatlán Zapotec, Didxnde, Diꞌizhnde, Southern Ejutla Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán
Autonym
Dizhnde
User Population

3,380 (2005 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 340 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Ejutla district, San Vicente Coatlán, a municipality town south of Oaxaca City.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

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

None known. 75% intelligibility of San Baltázar Loxicha [ztp] (Northwestern Pochutla, most similar), 45% of Santa María Coatlán [zps]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Vigorous.

Language Development

NT: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, San Vicente Coatlán
Writing

Latin script [Latn].