Zapotec, Tejalapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: ztt
Alternate Names: Tizá, Zapoteco de San Felipe Tejalapan, Zapoteco de San Felipe Tejalápam, Zapoteco de Tejalápam
Population: 50 (2000 INALI). Ethnic population: 4,660.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Etla district, San Felipe Tejalapan.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: None known. Distinct from Santo Tomás Mazaltepec Zapotec [zpy]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Use: Total L1 speakers in 1998 was 30, all over the age of 70. Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Tejalapan
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oaxaca state: Etla district, San Felipe Tejalapan.