Zapotec, Sierra de Juárez

ZAA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Ixtlán Zapoteco, Zapoteco de Atepec

Dialects: Atepec, Macuiltianguis Zapotec. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 4,000 (1990 census). 150 monolinguals.

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1970.

Typology: VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico

Other Comments: Whistle speech reported.