Global InformationZaniza Zapotec information
| Zaniza Zapotec | |
|---|---|
| (Santa María Zaniza) | |
| Western Sola de Vega Zapotec Papabuco | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | (770 cited 1990 census)[1] |
Language family | Oto-Manguean
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zpw |
| Glottolog | zani1235 |
| ELP | Zaniza Zapotec |
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] It is also spoken in Santiago Textitlán.[1]
- ^ a b Zaniza Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Egland, Bartholomew, & Cruz Ramos. 1983 [1978]. La inteligibilidad interdialectal en México: Resultados de algunos sondeos.[1]
- ^ Operstein, Natalie. "Spanish Loanwords and the Historical Phonology of Zaniza Zapotec" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-07.
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