Zapotec, Asunción Mixtepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zoo
Alternate Names: Dixasà, Dizë, North Central Zimatlan Zapotec, Zapoteco de Asunción Mixtepec, Zapoteco de Valles Oeste
Population: 100 (1990 census). Ethnic population: 2,480 (1990 census).
Location:: Oaxaca state: Asunción Mixtepec, 1 other town southwest of Oaxaca City.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. 22% intelligibility of Ayoquesco [zaf] (most similar), 3% of El Alto [zpp]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Use: Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Asunción Mixtepec
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oaxaca state: Asunción Mixtepec, 1 other town southwest of Oaxaca City.