Zapotec, Yalálag

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zapoteco de Yalálag

Population

3,500 in Mexico (2005). 2,000 are in Yalálag.

Location

Oaxaca, Yalálag; Mexico City; Oaxaca City; Veracruz. Also in United States.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 2000.

Writing

Latin script.