Amatlán Zapotec Explained

Amatlán Zapotec
Also Known As:(San Cristóbal Amatlán)
Nativename:Dizhze
State:Mexico
Region:Oaxaca
Speakers:10,000
Date:2000
Ref:e25
Speakers2:2,000 monolinguals
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Zapotecan
Fam3:Zapotec
Fam4:Sierra Sur
Fam5:Miahuatlan
Dia1:San Cristóbal Amatlán
Dia2:San Francisco Logueche
Iso3:zpo
Glotto:amat1238
Glottorefname:Amatlan Zapotec
Elp:10955
Elpname:Amatec Zapotec (shared)

Amatlán Zapotec (Northeastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, in the municipalities of San Cristóbal Amatlán and San Francisco Logueche, in the district of Miahuatlán. Although the towns' residents speak different dialects, the dialects are mutually intelligible.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Riggs. Sylvia. Amatlán Zapotec (zpo). Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. 2014-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20141004165637/http://www-01.sil.org/mexico/zapoteca/amatlan/00i-ZapotecoAmatlan-zpo.htm. 2014-10-04. dead.