Santo Domingo Coatlán Zapotec should not be confused with San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec.
Coatlán Zapotec | |
Also Known As: | (Santo Domingo Coatlán) |
Region: | Oaxaca in Mexico |
Speakers: | 500 |
Date: | 1992 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | American |
Fam1: | Oto-Manguean |
Fam2: | Zapotecan |
Fam3: | Zapotec |
Fam4: | Sierra Sur |
Fam5: | Miahuatlan |
Iso3: | zps |
Glotto: | coat1243 |
Glottorefname: | Coatlan Zapotec |
Elp: | 10954 |
Elpname: | Coatec Zapotec (shared) |
Coatlán Zapotec (Western Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It uses linguolabial sounds as onomatopoeia.
It is also known as San Miguel Zapotec and Zapoteco de Santa María Coatlán, to distinguish it from Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán. it is the only language with linguolabial click but it's only for onomatopoeias.