Ixtlán Zapotec | |
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Native to | Mexico |
Region | Northern Oaxaca |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1990 & 2000 censuses) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
zae – Yareni (Western)
zaa – Central Ixtlán |
Glottolog |
yare1249 Yareni
sier1250 Sierra de Juarez |
ELP | Ixtlán (shared) |
Ixtlán Zapotec is a Zapotec dialect cluster of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Varieties share about 80% mutual intelligibility. [1] They are:
Yavesía Zapotec (Southeastern Ixtlán) is somewhat more divergent.
Yareni Zapotec speakers can communicate with speakers of related Zapotec variants in the towns of Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez, San Miguel Aloapam, and San Isidro Aloápam ( Aloápam Zapotec). [2]