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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt

Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3zpg

Population  4,720 (2000 census).
Region  East Oaxaca.
Language map  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."  Available online

Vernacular Publications

Guuḻ nó didz-rie' (Vamos a leer in zapoteco; Cuentos y lecciones). 2006.  Available online

Lejandr de Humboldt no guiedzy ni ziyno le me (Alejandro de Humboldt y el pueblo que lleva su nombre; En el zapoteco de Guevea de Humboldt y en español). 2004.

Lejandr de Humboldt no guiedzy ni ziyno le me = Alejandro de Humboldt y el pueblo que lleva su nombre. 2007.  Available online