Zapotec, Lapaguía-Guivini

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
ztl
Alternate Names
Santiago Lapaguia Zapotec, Zapoteco de Lapaguía-Guivini, Zapoteco de Santiago Lapaguía
Population

4,200 (1983 SIL).

Location

Oaxaca, southeast Miahuatlán, Lapaguía, San Felipe Lachillo, La Merced del Potrero, and San Juan Guivini towns.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

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

Guivini, Lapaguía. 43% intelligibility of San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec [zpm]; Lapaguía Dialect 90% intelligibility of Guivini Dialect.

Language Use

Also use some Spanish [spa].

Writing
Unwritten.