Zapotec, Lapaguía-Guivini

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
ztl
Alternate Names
Ditsa’, Lapaguía Zapotec, Santiago Lapaguia Zapotec, Zapoteco de Lapaguía-Guivini, Zapoteco de Santiago Lapaguía, Zapoteco de la Costa Este
User Population

4,200 (1983 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: La Merced del Potrero, Lapaguía, southeast Miahuatlán, San Felipe Lachillo, and San Juan Guivini.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

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

Lapaguía, Guivini. 43% intelligibility of San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec [zpm]; Lapaguía Dialect 90% intelligibility of Guivini Dialect. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Lapaguía-Guivini
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].