Zapotec, Lachiguiri

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpa
Alternate Names
Northwestern Tehuantepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santiago Lachiguiri
Population

5,000 (1977 SIL).

Location

Oaxaca, north of Isthmus, southwest of Guevea de Humboldt in neighboring municipalities, Santa María Totolapilla, Jalapa, and Magdalena towns.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

62% intelligibility in Quiavicuzas [zpj] and Isthmus [zai] (most similar).

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Writing
Latin script.