Zapotec, Zaniza

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zpw
Alternate Names: Papabuco, Risna, Rixhna, Western Sola de Vega Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Noroeste
Population: 770 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 4 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Buenavista, El Frijol, Santa María Zaniza, Santiago Textitlán, Santiago Xochiltepec.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. 10% intelligibility of Texmelucan [zpz] (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, Zaniza
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: Buenavista, El Frijol, Santa María Zaniza, Santiago Textitlán, Santiago Xochiltepec.