Coatecas Altas Zapotec

Coatecas Altas Zapotec is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, in and around the town of Coatecas Altas, in the Ejutla District, south of Oaxaca City.^[2] It is 83% intelligible with Ozolotepec Zapotec, and similar to Miahuatlán Zapotec.^[1]

Coatecas Altas Zapotec
(Coatecas Altas, Oaxaca)
Native to	Mexico
Region	Oaxaca
Native speakers	4,900 (2005 census)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Sur Miahuatlan Coatecas Altas Zapotec
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zca
Glottolog	coat1244
ELP	Amatec Zapotec (shared)

Communities of Coatecas Altas speakers can also be found in Soconusco, Chiapas, San Bernardino, Oaxaca, and in the areas surrounding San Quintín, Baja California.^[2]

References

1. Coatecas Altas Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Coatecas Altas Zapotec (zca)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-11.

External links

• OLAC resources in and about the Coatecas Altas Zapotec language
• "Coatecas Altas Zapotec (zca)". Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
• Coatecas Altas language resources