Zapotec, Tilquiapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zapoteco de San Miguel Tilquiapan

Population

5,000 (2007 SIL). 900 monolinguals.

Location

Central Oaxaca, Ocotlán and San Miguel Tilquiapan.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

87% intelligibility of Santa Inés Yatzechi [zpn], 65% of Chichicapan [zpv], 59% of Ocotlán [zac], 45% of San Juan Guelavía [zab].

Language Use

Sociolinguistic differences with nearest Zapotec. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Bilingual teachers. Bible portions: 2009.

Writing

Latin script.