Zapotec, Mazaltepec

ZPY

vigorous

Alternate Names: Etla Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

Dialects: None known. 10% intelligibility of San Juan Guelavía ,, none of other Zapotec varieties. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 2,200 (1990 census). 25 monolinguals.

Language Use: Approximately 58% are speakers. Home. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Taught in primary schools. Bible portions: 2000.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico