Coatecas Altas Zapotec

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)

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]

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