Zapotec, Cajonos

ZAD

developing

Alternate Names: Southern Villa Alta Zapotec, Yaganiza Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Pedro Cajonos

Dialects: Cajonos Zapotec, San Mateo Zapotec, Xagacía Zapotec, Yaganiza. Yaganiza and Xagacía dialects are similar. Major differences between those and the other 4 towns; adaptation of literature probably needed. San Pedro Cajonos dialect has 73% intelligibility of Zoogocho , (most similar other Zapotec). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 5,000 in Mexico (1993 SIL). Many monolinguals.

Language Use: Used as L2 by Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec [ztn].

Language Development: Bilingual primary school. Dictionary. NT: 2011.

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

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico