Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zpg
Alternate Names: Di’tsiri’e, Ditsire, Guevea Zapotec, Northern Isthmus Zapotec, Zapoteco de Guevea de Humboldt, Zapoteco de la Montaña del Istmo Bajo
Autonym: Didz-rieꞌ
Population: 4,720 (2000 INEGI). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. 49% intelligibility of Lachiguiri [zpa] (Northwestern Tehuantepec; most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology: VSO; short words, clitics, affixes; tonal.
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. NT: 2018.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state.