Zapotec, Santiago Xanica

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Xanica Zapotec

Population

2,500 (1990 census).

Location

Oaxaca, southeast Miahuatlán, Santiago Xanica, Santa María Coixtepec, San Andrés Lovene, and San Antonio Ozolotepec.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

72% intelligibility of San Gregorio Ozolotepec [zao], 70% of Cuixtla [zam] (Central Miahuatlán).

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.