Zapotec, Yalálag

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Dilla xidza, Diya xhon, Dìʼll Wlhàll Yàlhálhg, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste, Zapoteco de Yalálag
Autonym
Dill Gurall ke Yarar’j
User Population

3,500 (2005). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city; Veracruz state: Yalálag.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 2000.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].