Zapotec, Yatee

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: zty
Alternate Names: Didxa shiza’, Didza shon, Northern Sapoteko, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste, Zapoteco de Yatee
Population: 5,000 (2004 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 3,000 Yatee, 2,000 Lachirioag.
Location:: Oaxaca state: San Cristóbal Lachiruáj, San Francisco Yatee, 4 towns.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects: Yatee Zapotec (Zapoteco de Yatee), Lachirioag Zapotec (Lachiruaj Zapotec, San Cristóbal Lachiruaj Zapotec). Most similar to Villa Alta Zapotec [zav] and Yalálag Zapotec [zpu]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: NT: 2002.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Yatee
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: San Cristóbal Lachiruáj, San Francisco Yatee, 4 towns.