Zapotec, San Juan Guelavía
A language of Mexico
| Population | 28,000 in Mexico (1990 census). Population total all countries: 28,550. |
| Region | Central Oaxaca. Also in United States. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 239 |
| Alternate names | Guelavía, Western Tlacolula Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan |
| Dialects | Jalieza Zapotec, Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec, San Martín Tilcajete Zapotec. 20% intelligibility with Zegache (most similar); Jalieza 99% with San Juan Guelavía; Teotitlán del Valle 100% with San Juan Guelavía, but San Juan Guelavía only 59% with Teotitlán del Valle. |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Dictionary. NT: 1995. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO, affixes, clitics, tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
CHURCH, Ann D.; JONES, Theodore, authors. 1985. Personal pronouns in Guelavía Zapotec.
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JONES, Theodore; KNUDSON, Lyle, authors. 1977. "Guelavía Zapotec phonemes."
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MERRIFIELD, William R., editor. 1977. Studies in Otomanguean phonology.
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Vernacular Publications
¿Tu many ná niini squee?. 2004.
¿Tu many ná niini squee?. 2005.
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Alfabeto zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía, Tlacolula, Oaxaca. 2009.
Aprendiendo a leer y escribir algunas letras del zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía. 2008.
Chi rac guel; Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía. 2009.
Diccionario ilustrado en el zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía. 2005.
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Ni bené tuby bɨngul naa; Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía. 2009.

