Zapotec, Quioquitani-Quierí

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
ztq
Alternate Names
Distse’, Ditsè, Ditsëë, Zapoteco de Quioquitani y Quierí, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Noroeste Medio
Autonym
Tiitssë
User Population

4,000 (1991 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Yautepec municipality, San Pedro Leapi, Santa Catalina Quierí, Santa Catarina Quioquitani, Santiago Lachivía, Santo Domingo Lachivitó, Santo Tomás Quierí.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

None known. Reportedly most similar to Mixtepec Zapotec [zpm]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Development

NT: 2000.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Quioquitani-Quierí
Writing

Latin script [Latn].