ZAD ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Cajonos
Xtillꞌchonaꞌ Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zad
- Alternate Names
- Ditse’, Didza-xhon, Ditse’ hualats, Southern Villa Alta Zapotec, Yaganiza Zapotec, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste Bajo, Zapoteco de San Pedro Cajonos
- Autonym
- Xtillꞌchonaꞌ
- Population
- 5,000 (1993 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). Many monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: San Francisco Cajonos, San Mateo Cajonos, San Miguel Cajonos, San Pablo Yaganiza, San Pedro Cajonos, and Xagacía.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- Cajonos Zapotec, Yaganiza, Xagacía Zapotec, San Mateo Zapotec. Yaganiza and Xagacía dialects are similar. Major differences between those and the other 4 towns; adaptation of literature probably needed. San Pedro Cajonos dialect has 73% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] (most similar other Zapotec). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Use
- Used as L2 by Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec [ztn].
- Language Development
- Bilingual primary school. Dictionary. NT: 2011.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Cajonos
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: San Francisco Cajonos, San Mateo Cajonos, San Miguel Cajonos, San Pablo Yaganiza, San Pedro Cajonos, and Xagacía.
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