Ethnologue

Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Northern Isthmus Zapotec, Zapoteco de Guevea de Humboldt

Population

4,720 (2000 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. 49% intelligibility of Lachiguiri [zpa] (Northwestern Tehuantepec; most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, clitics, affixes; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. Bible portions: 1982–1990.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].