Alternate Names: Dialu, Eastern Sola de Vega Zapotec, Zapoteco de Lachixío
Dialects: Southwestern Zimatlán dialect most distinct. 73% intelligibility of San Pedro el Alto ,, 80% of San Miguel Mixtepec ,, 99% of San Vicente Lachixío dialect. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,500 (1990 census). 3,250 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. Positive attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2010.
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Some go to the city looking for work. Christian.