Zapotecan languages

Zapotecan
Geographic distribution:	Oaxaca, Mexico
Linguistic classification:	Oto-Manguean Eastern Oto-Mangue Popolocan–Zapotecan Zapotecan
Subdivisions:	Zapotec Chatino
Glottolog:	`zapo1436`^[1]

The Zapotecan languages are a group of related Oto-Manguean languages which descend from the common proto-Zapotecan language spoken by the Zapotec people during the era of the dominance of Monte Albán.

The Zapotecan language group contains the languages of the Zapotec dialect continuum and the Chatino languages.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Zapotecan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Lenguas Zapotecas

Oto-Manguean languages

Western

Oto-Pamean	Chichimeca Jonaz Matlatzinca Mazahua Otomi Pame

Chinantecan	Chinantec varieties

Tlapanecan	Subtiaba Tlapanec

Manguean	Chiapanec Chorotega Mangue

Eastern

Popolocan	Chocho Ixcatec Mazatec varieties Popolocan

Zapotecan	Chatino Papabuco Soltec Zapotec varieties

Amuzgoan	Amuzgo

Mixtecan	Cuicatec Mixtec varieties Trique

Italics indicate extinct languages

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