Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zab
Alternate Names: Dixzhá, Guelavía, San Juan Guelavía Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan, Zapoteco de Tlacolula occidental, Zapoteco de Valles del Norte Central
Autonym: Ditsa
Population: 28,000 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state: central.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: Jalieza Zapotec, Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec (San Marcos Tlapazola Zapotec, Tlacolula Valley Zapotec), San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec (Dii’zh Sah, San Lucas Zapotec), San Martín Tilcajete Zapotec, Santa Ana del Valle Zapotec. 20% intelligibility of Santa Inés Yatzechi [zpn] (most similar); Jalieza 99% of Western Tlacolula Valley; Teotitlán del Valle 100% of Western Tlacolula Valley, but Western Tlacolula Valley only 59% of Teotitlán del Valle. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology: VSO; affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Dictionary. NT: 1995.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: central.