Alternate Names: Dizhze, Zapoteco de San Cristóbal Amatlán, Zapoteco del Noreste de Miahuatlán
Dialects: San Cristóbal Amatlán, San Francisco Logueche. Reportedly most similar to Loxicha ,. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000 (2000 SIL). 2,000 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. A few Spanish speakers who live there can speak it. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Fluency in Spanish [spa] has increased, but Zapotec is preferred. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. NT: 2002.
Typology: VSO; short words; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Some leave the area to find work; some return. Self name, Dizhze, also sometimes used for all languages except Spanish ,.