ZTP ISO 639-3
Zapotec, Loxicha
Diste Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- ztp
- Alternate Names
- Distèe, Western Pochutla Zapotec, Zapoteco de Loxicha, Zapoteco de la Costa Central
- Autonym
- Diste
- Population
- 75,000 (2000 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 22,500 monolinguals (2005 census).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Candelaria Loxicha, San Agustín Loxicha, San Andrés Paxtlán, San Bartolomé Loxicha, San Francisco Cozoaltepec, San Miguel Suchixtepec, San Pedro el Alto, San Pedro Pochutla, Santa María Colotepec, Santa María Tonameca, Santo Domingo Morelos between Miahuatlán, Pochutla, and Puerto Escondido.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
- Dialects
- San Agustín Loxicha, San Bartolomé Loxicha, San Andrés Paxtlán, San Miguel Suchixtepec. Distinct from San Baltázar Loxicha [zpx] and Santa Catarina Loxicha. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa], especially those in town centers.
- Language Development
- Grammar. Bible portions: 2009–2015.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Loxicha
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Oaxaca state: Candelaria Loxicha, San Agustín Loxicha, San Andrés Paxtlán, San Bartolomé Loxicha, San Francisco Cozoaltepec, San Miguel Suchixtepec, San Pedro el Alto, San Pedro Pochutla, Santa María Colotepec, Santa María Tonameca, Santo Domingo Morelos between Miahuatlán, Pochutla, and Puerto Escondido.
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