| Choápam Zapotec | |
| Nativename: | Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ |
| State: | Mexico |
| Region: | northern Oaxaca, Veracruz |
| Speakers: | 12,000 |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Fam2: | Zapotecan |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Oto-Manguean |
| Fam3: | Zapotec |
| Fam4: | Sierra Norte |
| Iso3: | zpc |
| Glotto: | choa1237 |
| Glottorefname: | Choapan Zapotec |
Choápam Zapotec (Zapoteco de Choápam; in Veracruz Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | |||
| Fricative | s z | ʃ ʒ | (x) | ||||
| Affricate | t͡s d͡z | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | |||||
| Liquid | l r | ||||||
| Glide | w | j |
[i], [e], [ɛ], [o], [u], [a]
The vowels [i], [u], [a], [e] and [ɛ] are nasalised when followed by 'n' at the end of a word.
Choapam Zapotec has three pitches, or tones, which are high, mid, and low, indicated respectively by [<sup>3</sup>] (superscript 3), [<sup>2</sup>] (superscript 2), and [<sup>1</sup>] (superscript 1), written after each syllable.[1]