ZAE ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Yareni
Tisa Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zae
- Alternate Names
- Etla Zapotec, Tizha, Western Ixtlán Zapotec, Zapoteco Serrano del Oeste Medio, Zapoteco de Santa Ana Yareni, Zapoteco de Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez
- Autonym
- Tisa
- Population
- 2,900 (2000 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- None known. 80% intelligibility of Sierra de Juárez Zapotec [zaa]. Different from Aloapam Zapotec [zaq]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 60%–75%. NT: 2015.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Yareni
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state.
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