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ZAO ISO 639-3

Zapotec, Ozolotepec

Dizte chaan zha Ozolotepec Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Desté, Diste, Distèe, Zapoteco de Ozolotepec, Zapoteco de la Costa Noreste
Autonym
Dizte chaan zha Ozolotepec
Population
6,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). People in San Marcial, San Gregorio, San Esteban, and Santo Domingo are monolingual.
Location:
Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, halfway to the coast. Most towns with ‘Ozolotepec’ in the name included, but not San Francisco Ozolotepec or San José Ozolotepec.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects
San Marcial Ozolotepec Zapotec, San Gregorio Ozolotepec Zapotec. 87% intelligibility of Cuixtla [zam] (Central Miahuatlán), 84% of Loxicha [ztp]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Development
NT: 2007.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Ozolotepec
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

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Location: Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, halfway to the coast. Most towns with ‘Ozolotepec’ in the name included, but not San Francisco Ozolotepec or San José Ozolotepec.