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Zapotec, Choapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3zpc

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

LYMAN, Larry, author. 1975. Negated conditions.

LYMAN, Larry, author. 2007. Gramática popular del zapoteco de Comaltepec, Choapan, Oaxaca.

LYMAN, Larry; LYMAN, Rosemary, authors. 1977. "Choapan Zapotec phonology."  Available online

LYMAN, Rosemary, author. 1977. Participant identification in Choapan Zapotec.

MERRIFIELD, William R., editor. 1977. Studies in Otomanguean phonology.  Available online

Vernacular Publications

Pequeño diccionario ilustrado. 2006.

Tu cuento quie chopa xcuidi' dao' huezëbi. 2006.  Available online