Zaniza Zapotec

Zaniza Zapotec
(Santa María Zaniza)
Western Sola de Vega Zapotec
Papabuco
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers
(770 cited 1990 census)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3zpw
Glottologzani1235
ELPZaniza Zapotec

Zaniza Zapotec (Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza) is an Oto-Manguean language of western Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of several Zapotec languages called Papabuco. It has only 10% intelligibility with Texmelucan Zapotec, its closest important relative. (Speakers of the nearly extinct Elotepec Zapotec have 70% understanding of Zaniza, but it is not known if the reverse is true,[2] so this may be a question of familiarity.)

The language is spoken in Santa María Zaniza, Oaxaca.[3] As of 2003, the language had about 400 fluent speakers.[4] It is also spoken in Santiago Textitlán.[1]

  1. ^ a b Zaniza Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Egland, Bartholomew, & Cruz Ramos. 1983 [1978]. La inteligibilidad interdialectal en México: Resultados de algunos sondeos.[1]
  3. ^ Operstein, Natalie. "Spanish Loanwords and the Historical Phonology of Zaniza Zapotec" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-09-07. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Graduate Student Profile - Natalie Operstein (Indo-European Studies)". UCLA Graduate Division. Retrieved 2013-09-18.