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Zapotec, Santo Domingo Albarradas

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: zas

Population	5,500 (1980 census).
Region	Central Oaxaca, Santa María Albarradas, Santo Domingo Albarradas, San Miguel Albarradas.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 242
Alternate names	Albarradas Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santo Domingo Albarradas
Dialects	39% intelligibility with Mitla [zaw] (most similar).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language use	Since 1979 Santo Domingo users have shown increasing preference for Zapotec, but in Santa María reportedly diminishing use. Some immigrant Mixe have learned local Zapotec, but few Zapotec learn Mixe. Also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Videos. Bible portions: 2000.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; varying word length, clitics and affixes; tonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUCK, Marjorie J., author. 1973. Lesson in reading tone.

KREIKEBAUM, Wolfram, author. 1987. Fronting and related features in Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec.  

Vernacular Publications

¿Chu be na̱j guia' ze?. 2011.

¿Chu be na̱j xbaan ze?. 2010.

¿Chu ree cayaw ni raw bejn?. 2010.

Aprendiendo a leer y escribir algunas letras en el zapoteco de Albarradas. 2011.  

Pequeño diccionario ilustrado; Zapoteco de Albarradas. 2011.

Rajc rulaban be ree. 2010.

Xcuent bë'cw doxh. 2010.

Xcuent bë'cw. 2010.

Xcuent bindo cwa' libr. 2010.

Xcuent cunew con bëz. 2010.

Xcuent mixt con bizin. 2010.

Xcuent ree bengoldoo. 2010.

Xcuent tijb beedx con yachin. 2010.

Xcuent tijb cuyojt been casti. 2010.

Xcuent tijb cuyojt con guiaj ro'. 2010.

Xcuent tijb cuyojt gudaw birü'n. 2010.

Xcuent tijb cuyojt gulëë quiajs. 2010.

Xcuent tijb cuyojt guyu lën dxüm. 2010.

Xcuent tijb cuyojt guyu lën rojb. 2010.

Yalab ree tijb xt tibgayuu con diidxzaj. 2010.