Zapotec, Zaniza

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpw
Alternate Names
Papabuco, Risna, Rixhna, Western Sola de Vega Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Noroeste
User Population

770 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 4 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Buenavista, El Frijol, Santa María Zaniza, Santiago Textitlán, Santiago Xochiltepec.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

None known. 10% intelligibility of Texmelucan [zpz] (most similar). 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, Zaniza
Writing

Latin script [Latn].