Alternate Names: Didxsaj, East Central Tlacolula Zapotec, East Valley Zapotec
Dialects: Santiago Matatlán Zapotec (Matatlán Zapotec). 75% intelligibility of San Juan Guelavía , (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 19,500 (1983 SIL). 4,500 in Matatlán (1983 SIL). 190 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous in some families. All domains among most adults. Oral use in local administration, commerce, some in media, in religious services. All ages. Positive attitudes. 10% also use English [eng]. Shifting to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%–90%. 10% can write it. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2009.
Typology: SVO or VSO; short and long words, clitics and affixes; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.