Zapotec, Isthmus

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zapoteco del Istmo

Population

85,000 (1990 census).

Location

Oaxaca, Tehuantepec, and Juchitán.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

18% intelligibility of Santa María Petapa [zpe] (most similar).

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Development

New media. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1972–2002.

Writing

Latin script.