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Ixtlán Zapotec

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Native to
  
Mexico

Region
  
Northern Oaxaca

Native speakers
  
(7,000 cited 1990 & 2000 censuses)

Language family
  
Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Norte Sierra Juárez Ixtlán Zapotec

Dialects
  
Yareni Atepec Central Sierra Juárez

ISO 639-3
  
Either: zae – Yareni (Western) zaa – Central Ixtlán

Ixtlán Zapotec is a Zapotec dialect cluster of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Varieties share about 80% mutual intelligibility. They are:

  • Yareni (Western Ixtlán, Etla Zapotec), spoken in Santa Ana Yareni.
  • Atepec (Macuiltianguis Zapotec), spoken in San Juan Atepec and San Pablo Macuiltianguis.
  • Central Ixtlan
  • Sierra de Juárez

    • Yavesía Zapotec (Southeastern Ixtlán) is somewhat more divergent.

    Yareni Zapotec speakers can communicate with speakers of related Zapotec variants in the towns of Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez, San Miguel Aloapam, and San Isidro Aloápam (Aloápam Zapotec).

    References

    Ixtlán Zapotec Wikipedia
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