Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Guelavía, San Juan Guelavía Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan, Zapoteco de Tlacolula occidental
Autonym
Ditsa
Population
28,000 (1990 census).
Location
Oaxaca state: central.
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Language Status
5* (Developing).
Dialects
Jalieza Zapotec, Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec (San Marcos Tlapazola Zapotec, Tlacolula Valley Zapotec), San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec (Dii’zh Sah, San Lucas Zapotec), San Martín Tilcajete Zapotec, Santa Ana del Valle Zapotec. 20% intelligibility of Santa Inés Yatzechi [zpn] (most similar); Jalieza 99% of Western Tlacolula Valley; Teotitlán del Valle 100% of Western Tlacolula Valley, but Western Tlacolula Valley only 59% of Teotitlán del Valle. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology
VSO; affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Dictionary. NT: 1995.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].