Zaniza Zapotec

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Zaniza Zapotec
(Santa María Zaniza)
Western Sola de Vega Zapotec
Papabuco
Native to Mexico
Region Oaxaca
Native speakers
770  (1990 census)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3 zpw

Zaniza Zapotec (Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza) is an Oto-Manguean language of western Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of several Zapotec languages called Papabuco. It has only 10% intelligibility with Texmelucan Zapotec, its closest important relative. (Speakers of the nearly extinct Elotepec Zapotec have 70% understanding of Zaniza, but it is not known if the reverse is true,[2] so this may be a question of familiarity.)

The language is spoken in Santa María Zaniza, Oaxaca.[3] As of 2003, the language had about 400 fluent speakers.[4]

References

  1. Zaniza Zapotec reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Egland, Bartholomew, & Cruz Ramos. 1983 [1978]. La inteligibilidad interdialectal en México: Resultados de algunos sondeos.
  3. Opferstein, Natalie. Spanish Loanwords and the Historical Phonology of Zaniza Zapotec. Retrieved 2013-09-07. 
  4. "Graduate Student Profile - Natalie Operstein (Indo-European Studies)". UCLA Graduate Division. Retrieved 2013-09-18. 

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