Zapotec, Coatecas Altas

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zca
Alternate Names: Didzé, Dizhze, Diꞌzhzë cheꞌn men Latyezh, Zapoteco de San Juan Coatecas Altas, Zapoteco de Valles del Sur
Autonym: Diꞌzhzë
Population: 4,880 (2005 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 100 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Ejutla.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to San Gregorio Ozolotepec (83% intelligibility) and Miahuatlán [zam] (Cuitla). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. NT: 2013.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Coatecas Altas
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: Ejutla.