Zapotec, Yareni

ZAE

vigorous

Alternate Names: Etla Zapotec, Western Ixtlán Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santa Ana Yareni, Zapoteco de Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez

Dialects: None known. 80% intelligibility of Sierra de Juárez Zapotec ,. Different from Aloapam Zapotec ,. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 2,900 (2000 census).

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%–75%. Bible portions: 1966–2009.

Typology: VSO; affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico