Loxicha Zapotec
| Loxicha Zapotec | |
|---|---|
| Diste | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | south Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
San Agustín Loxicha
San Bartolomé Loxicha
San Andrés Paxtlán
San Miguel Suchixtepec
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ztp |
| Glottolog |
loxi1235[2] |
Loxicha Zapotec (Western Pochutla Zapotec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of the most populous varieties of Zapotec, and the majority of speakers are monolingual.
Not all varieties of Zapotec from towns named "Loxicha" are part of Loxicha Zapotec. San Baltázar Loxicha Zapotec, which includes Santa Catarina Loxicha, is a distinct language.
References
- ↑ Loxicha Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Loxicha Zapotec". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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