Zapotec, Mixtepec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpm
Alternate Names
Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec, San Juan Mixtepec Zapoteco, Zapoteco de San Juan Mixtepec, diidz rii
Autonym
dìidz-zÈ
Population

7,000 (1991 SIL).

Location

Oaxaca state.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects

None known. 80% intelligibility of Santiago Lapaguía [ztl] (most similar), but that is probably learned bilingualism (it is more likely to be 50%). A separate language from San Agustín Mixtepec Zapotec [ztm]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.

Language Development

Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1998.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Mixtepec
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

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