Coatlán Zapotec (Western Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It uses linguolabial sounds as onomatopoeia.
Coatlán Zapotec | |
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(Santo Domingo Coatlán) | |
Region | Oaxaca in Mexico |
Native speakers | (500 cited 1992)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zps |
Glottolog | coat1243 |
ELP | Coatec Zapotec (shared) |
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
edit- ^ Coatlán Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sources
edit- Beam de Azcona, Rosemary G. 2004. A Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec Grammar. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.
External links
edit- AILLA resources for Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec
- Dr. Beam de Azcona on Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec (Spanish and English)