Zapotec, Texmelucan
A language of Mexico
| Population | 4,100 (1992 SIL). |
| Region | West Oaxaca. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 254 |
| Alternate names | Central Sola de Vega Zapotec, Papabuco, Zapoteco de San Lorenzo Texmelucan |
| Dialects | Most similar to Western Sola de Vega [zpw] (Zaniza). |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico). |
| Language development | NT: 1989–2004. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Zaniza [zpw] and Elotepec Zapotec [zte] are also called ‘Papabuco’. VSO, short words, affixes, clitics, tonal. Swidden, peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 1990. Zapotec pronoun classification.
MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 1993. "Zapotec pronoun classification."
SPECK, Charles H., author. 1978. Texmelucan Zapotec suprasegmental phonology.
SPECK, Charles H., author. 1994. Texmelucan Zapotec verbs.
SPECK, Charles H., author. 1994. The existential use of positional verbs in Texmelucan Zapotec.
SPECK, Charles H., compiler. 1998. Zapotec Oral Literature: El Folklore de San Lorenzo Texmelucan, Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 4.
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