Zapotec languages

Zapotec
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 Zapotecan Zapotec
Early form	Ancient Zapotec
Subdivisions	Central    (Isthmus and Valley) Mazaltepec Sierra Norte Sierra Sur Western
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	ISO 639-3 macrolanguage code has 58 individual language codes Regulated by the National Institute of Indigenous Languages

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 which is 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.