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Zapotec, Santiago Xanica

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3zpr

Population  2,500 (1990 census).
Region  Oaxaca, southeast Miahuatlán: Santiago Xanica, Santa María Coixtepec, San Andrés Lovene, San Antonio Ozolotepec.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 284
Alternate names   Xanica Zapotec
Dialects  72% intelligibility with San Gregorio Ozolotepec [zao], 70% with Cuixtla [zam] (Central Miahuatlán).
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec
A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language use  Also use Spanish.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Agriculturalists: coffee.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PIPER, Michael J., author. 1995. The functions of ‘lëë’ in Xanica Zapotec narrative discourse with some implications for comparative Zapotec.  Available online