Santo Domingo Coatlán Zapotec

Coatlán Zapotec
Coatlán Zapotec
(Santo Domingo Coatlán)
Region	Oaxaca in Mexico
Native speakers	(500 cited 1992)
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Sur Miahuatlan Coatlán Zapotec; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zps
Glottolog	coat1243
ELP	Coatec Zapotec (shared)

Coatlán Zapotec (Western Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It uses linguolabial sounds as onomatopoeia.

It is also known as San Miguel Zapotec and Zapoteco de Santa María Coatlán, to distinguish it from Zapoteco de San Vicente Coatlán. it is the only language with linguolabial click but it's only for onomatopoeias.

References

^ Coatlán Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Sources

Beam de Azcona, Rosemary G. 2004. A Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec Grammar. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.

External links

AILLA resources for Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec
Dr. Beam de Azcona on Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec (Spanish and English)

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