Zapotec | |
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Diidxazá, Dizhsa | |
Ethnicity | Zapotecs |
Geographic distribution | Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero, Puebla. Small populations in California and New Jersey, United States. |
Native speakers | 490,000 in Mexico (2020 census)[1] |
Linguistic classification | Oto-Manguean
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Early form | |
Subdivisions |
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ISO 639-2 / 5 | zap |
ISO 639-3 | zap |
Glottolog | zapo1437 |
![]() The Zapotec languages as classified by Glottolog | |
![]() Zapotec speaking areas of Oaxaca (as of 2015) | |
Notes |
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The Zapotec /ˈzæpətɛk/[2] languages are a group of around 50 closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages that constitute a main branch of the Oto-Manguean language family and are spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlands of Mexico. A 2020 census reports nearly half a million speakers,[1] with the majority inhabiting the state of Oaxaca. Zapotec-speaking communities are also found in the neighboring states of Puebla, Veracruz, and Guerrero. Labor migration has also brought a number of native Zapotec speakers to the United States, particularly in California and New Jersey. Most Zapotec-speaking communities are highly bilingual in Spanish.
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