Endangered Languages Project - Isthmus Zapotec

Isthmus Zapotec

^{[aka Isthmus Zapotec, Zapotec (Isthmus), Zapoteco (Istmo)]}

Classification: Otomanguean

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vulnerable

1 of approx. 11-12 Central Zapotec languages.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Isthmus Zapotec, Zapotec (Isthmus), Zapoteco (Istmo), Zapotec, Isthmus, Zapoteco del Istmo
CLASSIFICATION		Otomanguean, Zapotecan
CODE AUTHORITY		Glotolog 4.3
LANGUAGE CODE		isth1244
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Juchitán San Blas Atempa Comitancillo Ixtaltepec Tehuantepec
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue list 57 Zapotec languages. INALI gives 62 "variantes" of Zapoteco. The exact number of distinct languages that need to be recognized is unclear. For most linguists the number is much lower, between 4 and 10.

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Information from: “"Doctoral Dissertation Research: Documenting information structure in Isthmus Zapotec" NSF DEL Abstract” . Grenoble, Lenore (2011)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Oaxaca, Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Juchit·n de Zaragoza, in southern Oaxaca

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
85,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1990 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1990

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COORDINATES

16.416667,-95.0

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press