Zapotec, Santiago Xanica

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zpr
Alternate Names: Distse’e, Xanica Zapotec, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur del Sureste Bajo
Autonym: Diste’
Population: 2,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, San Andrés Lovene, San Antonio Ozolotepec, Santa María Coixtepec, Santiago Xanica.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. 72% intelligibility of San Gregorio Ozolotepec [zao], 70% of Cuixtla [zam] (Central Miahuatlán). 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, Santiago Xanica
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, San Andrés Lovene, San Antonio Ozolotepec, Santa María Coixtepec, Santiago Xanica.