Zapotec, Xanaguía | Ethnologue

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: ztg
Alternate Names: Didsé, Diidz Zë, Ditsa, Ditsè, San Francisco Ozolotepec, San Francisco Ozolotepec Zapotec, Zapotec of San Francisco and San José Ozolotepec, Zapoteco de Santa Catarina Xanaguía, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur del Sureste Alto
Autonym: Di’tsë gu’n xne’ minn, Diꞌtsë
Population: 2,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 880 monolinguals. Mainly older women.
Location:: Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, San Francisco Ozolotepec, and San José Ozolotepec, Santa Catarina Xanaguía.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. A few phonological and lexical differences between San Francisco and San José areas. Different from Ozolotepec Zapotec [zao]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Typology: VSO.
Language Use: Vigorous. A few users of other languages have married into and speak it. Home, local administration, commerce, religion. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Some also use Spanish [spa], especially those in San José.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Bible portions: 1996–2018.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Xanaguía
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Many women over 40 and some men have no education. People leave the area for jobs. Christian, traditional religion.

Location: Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, San Francisco Ozolotepec, and San José Ozolotepec, Santa Catarina Xanaguía.