Zapotec, Choapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zapoteco de Choapan, Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec

Population

12,000 (2007 SIL).

Location

North central Oaxaca and Veracruz, Comaltepec.

Language Maps

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification

Dialects

60% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] (most similar).

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Use

A few elderly. Many youth rapidly switching to Spanish.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.