Zapotec, Asunción Mixtepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

North Central Zimatlan Zapotec, Zapoteco de Asunción Mixtepec

Population

100 (1990 census). Ethnic population: 2,480 (1990 census).

Location

Central Oaxaca, southwest of Oaxaca City, Asunción Mixtepec, 1 other town.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Dialects

22% intelligibility of Ayoquesco [zaf] (most similar), 3% of El Alto [zpp].

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Writing

Unwritten.