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Zapotec, Ocotlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: zac

Population	15,000 (1993 SIL).
Region	Central Oaxaca around Santiago Apóstol, Ocotlán.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 251
Alternate names	Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec, Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán
Dialects	67% intelligibility with Tilquiapan [zts] (most similar).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. NT: 1983.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists; merchants.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

OLSON, Donald, author. 1970. "The earthquake in Ocotlán: Three texts in Zapotec."

Vernacular Publications

Blab en dizë́, 1 hashta 15. 2005.