Zapotec, Santo Domingo Albarradas
A language of Mexico
| Population | 5,500 (1980 census). |
| Region | Central Oaxaca, Santa María Albarradas, Santo Domingo Albarradas, San Miguel Albarradas. |
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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. 1973. "Lesson in reading tone."
Kreikebaum, Wolfram. 1987. "Fronting and related features in Santo Domingo Albarradas Zapotec."
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