ZPU ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Yalálag
Dill Gurall ke Yarar’j Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- zpu
- Alternate Names
- Dilla xidza, Diya xhon, Dìʼll Wlhàll Yàlhálhg, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste, Zapoteco de Yalálag
- Autonym
- Dill Gurall ke Yarar’j
- Population
- 3,500 (2005). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city; Veracruz state: Yalálag.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Typology
- VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 2000.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Yalálag
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city; Veracruz state: Yalálag.
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