Zapotec, Elotepec

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Papabuco, Risna, Rixhna, Zapoteco de San Juan Elotepec, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Noroeste
User Population

200 (1990 census).

Location

Oaxaca state: 1 village west of Zimatlán.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Dialects

None known. 68% intelligibility of Santa María Zaniza [zpw] (most similar), 10% of Texmelucan [zpz]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].