Mixtepec Zapotec

Mixtepec Zapotec (San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is an Oto-Manguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility with Lapaguía Zapotec, but with only 45% intelligibility in the other direction.[1]

Not to be confused with other languages called Mixtepec Zapotec.
Mixtepec Zapotec
(San Juan Mixtepec)
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1991)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Dialects
  • San Jose Lachiguiri
Language codes
ISO 639-3zpm
Glottologmixt1426
ELPMixtepec Zapotec[2]

The variety of San Jose Lachiguiri is perhaps a separate language.[3]

References
  1. Mixtepec Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Mixtepec Zapotec.
  3. Elizabeth Merrill, 2008. Classification of Zapotec languages by regions as an aid to language development programs


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