Zapotec, Yalálag
A language of Mexico
| Population | 3,500 in Mexico (2005). 2,000 are in Yalálag, others are in D.F., Oaxaca City, Veracruz. |
| Region | Oaxaca. Also in United States. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 244 |
| Alternate names | Zapoteco de Yalálag |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists; craftsmen. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
LÓPEZ L., Filemón; NEWBERG Y., Ronaldo, authors. 2005. La conjugación del verbo zapoteco (Zapoteco de Yalálag).
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LÓPEZ L., Filemón; NEWBERG, Ronald, authors. 1990. La conjugación del verbo zapoteco.
NEWBERG, Ronald, author. 1987. Participant accessibility in Yalálag Zapotec.
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Vernacular Publications
Ba da'o ka' lla'a lyi'xe. 2005.
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