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Zapotec, Zoogocho

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3zpq

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 H., Inez; LONG C., Rebecca, authors. 1999. "Gramática zapoteca."

BUTLER H., Inez; LONG C., Rebecca, authors. 2000. "Gramática zapoteca."  Available online

BUTLER, Inez M., author. 1985. Event prominence in Zoogocho Zapotec narrative discourse.  Available online

CRUZ M., Sofronio; LONG C., Rebecca, compilers. 1999. Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca.

CRUZ M., Sofronio; LONG C., Rebecca, compilers. 2000. Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca.  Available online

LONG, Rebecca, author. 1985. Topicalization in Zoogocho Zapotec expository discourse.  Available online