Ethnologue

Zapotec, Yalálag

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zapoteco de Yalálag

Autonym

Dìʼll Wlhàll Yàlhálhg

Population

3,500 (2005). 2,000 are in Yalálag.

Location

Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city; Veracruz state: Yalálag.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 2000.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].