Santo Domingo Coatlán Zapotec

Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico
Coatlán Zapotec
(Santo Domingo Coatlán)
RegionOaxaca in Mexico
Native speakers
(500 cited 1992)[1]
Language family
Oto-Manguean
  • Zapotecan
    • Zapotec
      • Sierra Sur
        • Miahuatlan
          • Coatlán Zapotec
Language codes
ISO 639-3zps
Glottologcoat1243
ELPCoatec Zapotec (shared)

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

It is also known as San Miguel Zapotec and Zapoteco de Santa María Coatlán, to distinguish it from Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán. it is the only language with linguolabial click but it's only for onomatopoeias.

References

  1. ^ Coatlán Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Sources

  • Beam de Azcona, Rosemary G. 2004. A Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec Grammar. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.
  • AILLA resources for Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec
  • Dr. Beam de Azcona on Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec (Spanish and English)
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