Coatlán Zapotec (Western Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It uses linguolabial sounds as onomatopoeia.
| Coatlán Zapotec | |
|---|---|
| (Santo Domingo Coatlán) | |
| Region | Oaxaca in Mexico |
Native speakers | (500 cited 1992)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zps |
| Glottolog | coat1243 |
| ELP | Coatec Zapotec (shared) |
It is also known as San Miguel Zapotec and Zapoteco de Santa María Coatlán, to distinguish it from Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán.
References edit
- ^ Coatlán Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sources edit
- Beam de Azcona, Rosemary G. 2004. A Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec Grammar. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.
External links edit
- AILLA resources for Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec
- Dr. Beam de Azcona on Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec (Spanish and English)