Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt
A language of Mexico
| Population | 4,720 (2000 census). |
| Region | East Oaxaca. |
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Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 111 |
| Alternate names | Northern Isthmus Zapotec, Zapoteco de Guevea de Humboldt |
| Dialects | 49% intelligibility with Lachiguiri [zpa] (Northwestern Tehuantepec; most similar). |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. Bible portions: 1982. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; short words, clitics, affixes; tonal. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Marks, Donna. 1980. "Morphophonemics of the Guevea de Humboldt Zapotec verb."
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Vernacular Publications
Guuḻ nó didz-rie' (Vamos a leer in zapoteco; Cuentos y lecciones). 2006.
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Lejandr de Humboldt no guiedzy ni ziyno le me = Alejandro de Humboldt y el pueblo que lleva su nombre. 2007.
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