Zapotec, El Alto

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zpp
Alternate Names: Di’tse’e, Dixasà, South Central Zimatlan Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Antonino el Alto, Zapoteco de San Pedro el Alto, Zapoteco de Zimatlán de Álvarez
Population: 900 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 30 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: San Andrés el Alto, San Antonino el Alto, San Pedro el Alto.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. 20% intelligibility of Totomachapan [zph] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, El Alto
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oaxaca state: San Andrés el Alto, San Antonino el Alto, San Pedro el Alto.