Zapotec, Mixtepec
A language of Mexico
| Population | 7,000 (1991 SIL). |
| Region | South Oaxaca. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 281 |
| Alternate names | Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan Mixtepec |
| Dialects | 80% intelligibility with Santiago Lapaguía [zti] (most similar). A separate language from San Agustín Mixtepec Zapotec [ztm]. |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico). |
| Language development | Videos. NT: 1998. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO, short words, clitics, tonal. Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists; merchants. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
NELSON, Julie, author. 2004. Tone and glottalization in San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec.
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