Zapotec, Santiago Xanica
A language of Mexico
| 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.
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