Zapotec, Yatee

ZTY

developing

Alternate Names: Zapoteco de Yatee

Dialects: Lachirioag Zapotec (Lachiruaj Zapotec, San Cristóbal Lachiruaj Zapotec), Yatee Zapotec (Zapoteco de Yatee). Most similar to Villa Alta Zapotec , and Yalálag Zapotec ,. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Zapotec

Demographics: 5,000 (2004 SIL). 3,000 for Yatee and 2,000 for Lachirioag.

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: NT: 2002.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico