| Tlacolula Valley Zapotec | |
|---|---|
| Valley Zapotec / Dizhsa (Zapotec) | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | central Oaxaca |
Native speakers | (28,000 cited 1990 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zab |
| Glottolog | sanj1284 |
| ELP | Tlacolula (shared) |
Tlacolula Valley Zapotec or Valley Zapotec, known by its regional name Dizhsa, and formerly known by the varietal name Guelavia Zapotec (Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is a cluster of Zapotec languages spoken in the western Tlacolula Valley, which show varying degrees of mutual intelligibility. All varieties of Valley Zapotec are endangered. The languages in this group include:
- Santa Ana del Valle Zapotec
- Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec
- San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec
- Tlacolula de Matamoros Zapotec
- San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
- San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya Zapotec
- San Juan Teitipac Zapotec
Teotitlán del Valle dialect is divergent, 59% intelligible to San Juan Guelavía proper. Valley Zapotec is also spoken in the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of Oaxaca.
In April 2014, linguist Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, along with students from Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, visited Tlacolula de Matamoros to present an online Tlacolula Valley Zapotec talking dictionary[2] to local leaders. It was estimated that about 100 elderly speakers of this Zapotecan language remain.[3]
Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is a VSO language.
- ^ Tlacolula Valley Zapotec at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Zapotec Talking Dictionaries". talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Doughtery, Ryan (2014-05-27). "Linguistics Students Help Revitalize Critically Endangered Language in Mexico". News & Events, Swarthmore College. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
