Zapotec, Chichicapan

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpv
Alternate Names
Dzhi’iza, Eastern Ocotlán Zapotec, Zapoteco, Zapoteco de San Baltazar Chichicapan
Autonym
Dxiꞌzah
User Population

2,720 (2005 INEGI). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

None known. 59% intelligibility of Ocotlán Zapotec [zac] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%–50%. NT: 1990.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Chichicapan
Writing

Latin script [Latn].