Zapotec, Chichicapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zpv
Alternate Names: Dzhi’iza, Eastern Ocotlán Zapotec, Zapoteco, Zapoteco de San Baltazar Chichicapan
Autonym: Dxiꞌzah
Population: 2,720 (2005 INEGI). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. 59% intelligibility of Ocotlán Zapotec [zac] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Adults only. Shifting to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%–50%. NT: 1990.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Chichicapan
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state.