The Zapotec /ˈzæpətɛk/ languages are a group of around 50 closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages that constitute a main branch of the Oto-Manguean...

The Zapotec civilization (Be'ena'a (Zapotec) "The People"; c. 700 BC–1521 AD) is an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley...

whom are monolingual in one of the Native Zapotec languages and dialects. In pre-Columbian times, the Zapotec civilization was one of the highly developed...

(/ˌoʊtoʊˈmæŋɡiːən/) languages are a large family comprising several subfamilies of indigenous languages of the Americas. All of the Oto-Manguean languages that are...

Zapotec (Spanish: zapoteco) is an extinct, unclassified Mesoamerican language formerly spoken in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico. The name "Zapotec" is...

version of contemporary Zapotecan languages, but its application to language varieties other than "Ancient Zapotec" encouraged the development of logophonic...

archaeological culture of central Mexico Zapotec languages, a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages Zapotec peoples, contemporary indigenous...

Mixtec, and Zapotec. According to the Law of Linguistic Rights, Mexico recognizes sixty-two indigenous languages as co-official National languages. With Spanish...

de San Juan Guelavía) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is a cluster of Zapotec languages spoken in the western Tlacolula...

Isthmus Zapotec, also known as Juchitán Zapotec (native name diidxazá; Spanish: Zapoteco del Istmo), is a Zapotec language spoken in Tehuantepec and Juchitán...

Zapotecan languages are a group of related Oto-Manguean languages which descend from the common proto-Zapotecan language spoken by the Zapotec people during...

While many other Zapotec languages have suffered major language shifts to Spanish, most children in these towns are raised with Zapotec and learn Spanish...

Solteco Zapotec is an extinct Zapotec language of western Oaxaca, Mexico. It was perhaps the most divergent Zapotec language. "Solteco" is a generic name...

Yatzachi Zapotec is an Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotecan branch, spoken in northern central Oaxaca, Mexico. 2,500 self-reported being Yatzachi speakers...

Valley Zapotec zac – Ocotlán Zapotec zad – Cajonos Zapotec zae – Yareni Zapotec zaf – Ayoquesco Zapotec zai – Isthmus Zapotec zam – Miahuatlán Zapotec zao...

Ixtlán Zapotec is a Zapotec dialect cluster of Oaxaca, Mexico. Varieties share about 80% mutual intelligibility. They are: Yareni (Western Ixtlán, Etla...

they were fluent in indigenous Zapotec languages. Of this pool, 87% of individuals who claimed to speak Zapotec languages resided in Oaxaca. Each of these...

Tilquiapan Zapotec (Zapoteco de San Miguel Tilquiápam) is an Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotecan branch, spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. Santa Inés...

Miahuatlán Zapotec, also known as Cuixtla Zapotec, is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. Miahuatlán Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed...

Cocijo (Zapotec: Cocijo [kosijo]; occasionally spelt Cociyo, otherwise known as Guziu in the Zapotec language) is a lightning deity of the pre-Columbian...

contrasts of consonant duration in languages like Jawoyn, Ojibwe, Dalabon, Kunwinjku, and Zurich German. The Zapotec languages are also considered to have contrast...

Rincón Zapotec (Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Nexitzo) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Temaxcalapan dialect may be distinct enough to be considered...

Chichicapan Zapotec (Eastern Ocotlán Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Baltazar Chichicápam) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. The town's name is spelled...

Güilá Zapotec (Zapoteco de San Pablo Güilá, Zapoteco de San Dionisio Ocotepec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is spoken in the town of San...

Mixtepec Zapotec (San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is an Oto-Manguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility...

Santiago Xanica Zapotec is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Xánica Zapotec at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Zapotec Survey from Santiago Xanica in the...

Coatlán Zapotec (Western Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It uses linguolabial sounds as onomatopoeia. It is...

Xadani Zapotec (Eastern Pochutla Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. Xadani Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

Yatzeche or Zegache Zapotec (Santa Inés Yatzeche Zapotec, Southeastern Zimatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in the Santa Ana Zegache and Santa...

Mesoamerican languages today are either endangered or already extinct, but others, including the Mayan languages, Nahuatl, Mixtec and Zapotec, have several...