ZPO ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Amatlán
Dizhze, Dizhze Amatlan Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zpo
- Alternate Names
- Zapoteco de Mixtepec, Zapoteco de San Cristóbal Amatlán, Zapoteco del Noreste de Miahuatlán
- Autonym
- Dizhze, Dizhze Amatlan
- Population
- 10,000 (2000 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,000 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: east of Miahuatlán. 2 towns.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- San Cristóbal Amatlán, San Francisco Logueche. Reportedly most similar to Loxicha [ztp]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; short words; tonal.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. A few Spanish speakers who live there can speak it. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Fluency in Spanish [spa] has increased, but Zapotec is preferred. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 60%. NT: 2002.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Amatlán
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Some leave the area to find work; some return. Self name, Dizhze, also sometimes used for all languages except Spanish [spa].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: east of Miahuatlán. 2 towns.
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