Ethnologue

Zapotec, Lachiguiri

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Northwestern Tehuantepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santiago Lachiguiri

Population

5,000 (1977 SIL).

Location

Oaxaca state: Jalapa, Magdalena, and Santa María Totolapilla, north of Isthmus, southwest of Guevea de Humboldt in neighboring municipalities.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

None known. 62% intelligibility in Quiavicuzas [zpj] and Isthmus [zai] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].