Ethnologue

Zapotec, Ocotlán

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec, Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán

Population

15,000 (1993 SIL).

Location

Oaxaca state: Ocotlán and Santiago Apóstol areas.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. 67% intelligibility of Tilquiapan [zts] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%. NT: 1983.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].