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Zapotec, Choapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: zpc

Population	12,000 (2007 SIL).
Region	North central Oaxaca and Veracruz, Comaltepec.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 101
Alternate names	Zapoteco de Choapan, Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec
Dialects	60% intelligibility with Zoogocho [zpq] (most similar).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language use	Mainly adults.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Lyman Boulden, Hilario. 2007. Gramática popular del zapoteco de Comaltepec, Choapan, Oaxaca.

Lyman, Larry and Rosemary Lyman. 1977. "Choapan Zapotec phonology."  

Lyman, Larry. 1964. "The verb syntagmemes of Choapan Zapotec."

Lyman, Larry. 1975. "Negated conditions."

Lyman, Rosemary. 1977. "Participant identification in Choapan Zapotec."

Merrifield, William R., editor. 1977. Studies in Otomanguean phonology.  

Vernacular Publications

Pequeño diccionario ilustrado. 2006.

Tu cuento quie chopa xcuidi' dao' huezëbi (Los dos niños huérfanos). 2006.