ISO 639-3 · zapzap
Central American Indian languages family · macrolanguage
Zapotec
Zapotec is a macrolanguage of the Oto-Manguean branch (Central American Indian languages), spoken in Mexico. Wikidata counts about 777,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “group of indigenous Mesoamerican languages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
zap- Glottocode
zapo1437- Wikipedia
- 30 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Zapotec |
|---|---|
| Also called | Zapotec language |
| All speakers | 777,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Zapotec yet.
family tree
From Central American Indian languages to Zapotec
The branches above Zapotec, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Mexico
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