Zapotec, Lapaguía-Guivini

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: ztl
Alternate Names: Ditsa’, Lapaguía Zapotec, Santiago Lapaguia Zapotec, Zapoteco de Lapaguía-Guivini, Zapoteco de Santiago Lapaguía, Zapoteco de la Costa Este
Population: 4,200 (1983 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state: La Merced del Potrero, Lapaguía, southeast Miahuatlán, San Felipe Lachillo, and San Juan Guivini.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: Lapaguía, Guivini. 43% intelligibility of San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec [zpm]; Lapaguía Dialect 90% intelligibility of Guivini Dialect. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Lapaguía-Guivini
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oaxaca state: La Merced del Potrero, Lapaguía, southeast Miahuatlán, San Felipe Lachillo, and San Juan Guivini.