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Zapotec, Chichicapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: zpv

Population	2,720 (2005 census).
Region	Central Oaxaca.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 249
Alternate names	Eastern Ocotlán Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Baltazar Chichicapan
Dialects	59% intelligibility with Ocotlán Zapotec [zac] (most similar).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico).
Language use	Mainly adults.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%–50%. NT: 1990.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists; sedentary pastoralists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENTON, Joseph P., author. 1981. The completive and potential form of Chichicapan Zapotec verbs.

BENTON, Joseph P., author. 1987. Clause and sentence-level word order and discourse strategy in Chichicapan Zapotec oral narrative discourse.  

BENTON, Joseph P., author. 1992. Chichicapan Zapotec communication styles and world view.

BENTON, Joseph P., author. 1997. Aspect shift in Chichicapan Zapotec narrative discourse.  

BENTON, Joseph P.; BLACK, H. Andrew; GLASER, Barbara, authors. 1996. "Modeling Chichicapan Zapotec morphology."

BENTON, Joseph P.; BLACK, H. Andrew; GLASER, Barbara, authors. 1997. Modeling Chichicapan Zapotec morphology.  

BENTON, Joseph P.; GÓMEZ V., Germán, authors. 1986. "El cuento del viejo abuelo."

Vernacular Publications

¿Cuun lliitu?. 2007.

Dxi'zah xteenn bwɨɨnn loh guihdxi cun dibuhju. 2008.

Leamos la letra a, ɨ, e, i, o, u, dz, ll y dx, s y z, ts, x. 2007.

Na'h xcladzɨhn gula'ba'hn. 2007.

Squii' ruhnn xtsɨ'n bwɨɨnn garrahdu. 2008.  

Tuh maan nin xcha'ga duuxa ñihsa. 2005.

Xa gaca biñih tuhbi yahga. 2008.  

Xa gaca chiculahchi. 2008.  

Xa gaca du'dxihchi. 2008.  

Xa gaca gamiilli dxia'. 2008.  

Xa gaca mascahyi. 2008.  

Xa gaca tuhbi yuu'. 2008.  

Xa guica' dxiee lli'hyi. 2008.  

Xa rahca basu'h. 2008.  

Xa rahca guehta. 2008.  

Xcweenta ziga gachidxi'lda nu'h dxi'zah. 2009.