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ZAV ISO 639-3

Zapotec, Yatzachi

Didza shon, Dižə’əxon Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
zav
Alternate Names
Dilla xhon, Dille xhon, Diosənꞌ, Diozənꞌ, Villa Alta Zapotec, Zapoteco de Yatzachi
Autonym
Didza shon, Dižə’əxon
Population
2,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:
Oaxaca state: Xoochixtepec, Yalina, Yatzachi el Alto, Yatzachi el Bajo, Yohueche, Zoochila, Zoochina.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects
None known. 90% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] on narrative, 85% of Cajonos [zad] (Southern Villa Alta) and Yalálag [zpu]; somewhat of Tabaa [zat]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology
VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 78%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1971.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Yatzachi
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Also Spoken in

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Location: Oaxaca state: Xoochixtepec, Yalina, Yatzachi el Alto, Yatzachi el Bajo, Yohueche, Zoochila, Zoochina.