Zapotec, Zoogocho | Ethnologue

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zpq
Alternate Names: Didza shon, Dizha’ Xhon, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste Medio, Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho
Autonym: Diža’xon
Population: 1,000 (1991 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city, Tabehua, Yalina, Zoogocho.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: Zoogocho, Yalina (Dilla xhon), Tabehua. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology: VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Zoogocho
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Local economy largely supported by those working outside the area.

Location: Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city, Tabehua, Yalina, Zoogocho.