ZAC ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Ocotlán
Dizë́ Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zac
- Alternate Names
- Dizá, Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec, Zapoteco de Valles de Suroeste Alto, Zapoteco de Valles del Suroeste Central, Zapoteco de Valles del Suroeste Medio, Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán
- Autonym
- Dizë́
- Population
- 15,000 (1993 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Ocotlán and Santiago Apóstol areas.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- None known. 67% intelligibility of Tilquiapan [zts] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; short words, affixes; tonal.
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 50%. NT: 1983.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Ocotlán
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: Ocotlán and Santiago Apóstol areas.
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