Zapotec, Isthmus
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Zapoteco del Istmo
Population
85,000 (1990 census).
Location
Oaxaca, Tehuantepec, and Juchitán.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
18% intelligibility of Santa María Petapa [zpe] (most similar).
Typology
VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal
Language Development
New media. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1972–2002.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.