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Zapotec, Petapa

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3zpe

Population  8,000 (1990 census). 220 monolinguals.
Region  Oaxaca, north of the Isthmus, Juchitán District, Santa María Petapa, Santo Domingo Petapa.
Language map  Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 108
Alternate names   Zapoteco de Santa María Petapa
Dialects  55% intelligibility with Guevea [zpg] (most similar), 34% with Lachiguiri [zpa].
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec
A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language use  Also use Spanish.
Writing system  Latin script.