Yatzeche Zapotec Explained

Yatzeche Zapotec should not be confused with Yatzachi Zapotec.

Yatzeche Zapotec
Also Known As:(Santa Inés Yatzeche)
Nativename:Zegache Zapotec
(Santa Ana Zagache)
State:Mexico
Region:Oaxaca
Date:1990 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Zapotecan
Fam3:Zapotec
Fam4:Central
Fam5:Valley
Fam6:Tilquiapan–Yatzeche
Iso3:zpn
Glotto:sant1447
Glottorefname:Santa Ines Yatzechi Zapotec

Yatzeche or Zegache Zapotec (Santa Inés Yatzeche Zapotec, Southeastern Zimatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in the Santa Ana Zegache and Santa Inés Yatzeche municipalities of Zimatlán District of Oaxaca, Mexico.

It is 75% intelligible with Ocotlán Zapotec. Tilquiapan Zapotec may be a dialect.

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