Zapotec, Zoogocho

ZPQ

developing

Alternate Names: Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho

Dialects: Tabehua, Yalina, Zoogocho. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 1,000 in Mexico (1991 SIL). Population total all countries: 1,400.

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Dictionary. NT: 1988.

Typology: VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico

Other Comments: Local economy largely supported by those working outside the area.