Zapotec, Quiavicuzas

ZPJ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Northeastern Yautepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Quiavicuzas, Zapoteco de San Juan Lachixila O

Dialects: None known. 59% intelligibility of Lachiguiri , (Northwestern Tehuantepec; most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 4,000 (1990 census). 180 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Taught in primary schools.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Mexico