Zapotec, Miahuatlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zam
Alternate Names: Cuixtla Zapotec, Zapoteco de Miahuatlán, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Central
Autonym: Diiste
Population: 1,000 (2007 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state: Cuixtla.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology: SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1971.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Miahuatlán
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: Cuixtla.