ZPA ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Lachiguiri
Didxsá, Ditsá Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zpa
- Alternate Names
- Northwestern Tehuantepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santiago Lachiguiri, Zapoteco de la Montaña del Istmo Alto
- Autonym
- Didxsá, Ditsá
- Population
- 5,000 (1977 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Jalapa, Magdalena, and Santa María Totolapilla, north of Isthmus, southwest of Guevea de Humboldt in neighboring municipalities.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- None known. 62% intelligibility in Quiavicuzas [zpj] and Isthmus [zai] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Lachiguiri
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Oaxaca state: Jalapa, Magdalena, and Santa María Totolapilla, north of Isthmus, southwest of Guevea de Humboldt in neighboring municipalities.
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