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Zapotec, Zoogocho

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: zpq

Population	1,000 in Mexico (1991 SIL). Population total all countries: 1,400.
Region	Oaxaca, Zoogocho, Yalina, Tabehua, Oaxaca City, Mexico City. Also in United States.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 208
Alternate names	Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho
Dialects	Zoogocho, Yalina, Tabehua.
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Dictionary. NT: 1988.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Local economy largely supported by those working outside the area. VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists in Zoogocho; wage laborers outside.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Butler, Inez M. 1985. "Event prominence in Zoogocho Zapotec narrative discourse."  

Long C., Rebecca and Sofronio Cruz M., compilers. 1999. Diccionario Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho Oaxaca.  

Long, Rebecca. 1985. "Topicalization in Zoogocho Zapotec expository discourse."