Zoogocho Zapotec

Zoogocho Zapotec
(San Bartolomé Zoogocho)
Diža'xon
Pronunciation[diʒaʔˈʐon]
Native toMexico
RegionNorthern Oaxaca
Native speakers
(1,400 cited ca. 1991)[1]
(1,000 in Mexico)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Dialects
  • Zoogocho
  • Yalina
  • Tabehua
Language codes
ISO 639-3zpq
Glottologzoog1238

Zoogocho Zapotec, or Diža'xon,[2] is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.

It is spoken in San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca, Santa María Yalina, Tabehua, and Oaxaca City.[1]

As of 2013, about 1,500 "Zoogochenses" live in Los Angeles, California. Classes are held in the MacArthur Park neighborhood to preserve the Zoogocho Zapotec language.[3]

The language is also known as Tabehua, Yalina, Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, and Zoogocho.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Zoogocho Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Long & Cruz (1999)
  3. ^ "Los Angeles immigrant community pushes to keep Zapotec language alive". PRI, Public Radio International. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
  4. ^ "OLAC resources in and about the Zoogocho Zapotec language". Retrieved 2013-09-17.