ZPC ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Choapan
Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zpc
- Alternate Names
- Choápam Zapotec, Diza shisa’, Diza shitsá, Zapoteco de Choapan, Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec, Zapoteco del Oeste de Tuxtepec
- Autonym
- Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ
- Population
- 12,000 (2007 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: from Comaltepec northeast; Veracruz state: Arena and Playa Vincente border area.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- Choapan, Comaltepec. 60% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986–2010.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Choapan
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: from Comaltepec northeast; Veracruz state: Arena and Playa Vincente border area.
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