ZAI ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Isthmus
Diidxazá Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zai
- Alternate Names
- Juchitán Zapotec, Sapoteko, Zapoteco Istmeño, Zapoteco de la Planicie Costera, Zapoteco del Istmo
- Autonym
- Diidxazá
- Population
- 85,000 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Juchitán and Tehuantepec.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- None known. 18% intelligibility of Santa María Petapa [zpe] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1972–2002.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Isthmus
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: Juchitán and Tehuantepec.
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