ZPM ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Mixtepec
Diidz-zë Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zpm
- Alternate Names
- Diitsë, Ditsë, Dizde, Dìidz-zÈ, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec, San Juan Mixtepec Zapoteco, Zapoteco de San Juan Mixtepec, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Noreste
- Autonym
- Diidz-zë
- Population
- 7,000 (1991 SIL). 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. 80% intelligibility of Santiago Lapaguía [ztl] (most similar), but that is probably learned bilingualism (it is more likely to be 50%). A separate language from San Agustín Mixtepec Zapotec [ztm]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.
- Language Development
- Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1998.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Mixtepec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state.
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