Coatecas Altas Zapotec is a

Zapotec language The Zapotec languages are a group of around 50 closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages that constitute a main branch of the Oto-Manguean language family and which is spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlan ...

spoken in southern

Oaxaca ) , population_note = , population_rank = 10th , timezone1 = CST , utc_offset1 = −6 , timezone1_DST = CDT , utc_offset1_DST = −5 , postal_code_type = Postal ...

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

, in and around the town of

Coatecas Altas Coatecas Altas is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 125.03 km2. It is part of the Ejutla District Ejutla District is located in the south of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, Valles ...

, in the

Ejutla District Ejutla District is located in the south of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, Valles Centrales Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Municipalities The district includes the following municipalities: *Coatecas Altas *Ejutla de Crespo *La Compañi ...

, south of

Oaxaca City Oaxaca de Juárez (), also Oaxaca City or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: ''Ndua''), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding Municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centro ...

. It is 83% intelligible with

Ozolotepec Zapotec Ozolotepec Zapotec is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico. It is partially intelligible with Cuixtla Zapotec and Loxicha Zapotec. Some towns named Ozolotepec speak Xanaguía Zapotec or Xanica Zapotec Santiago Xanica is a tow ...

, and similar to

Miahuatlán Zapotec Miahuatlán Zapotec, also known as Cuixtla Zapotec, is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bor ...

. Communities of Coatecas Altas speakers can also be found in

Soconusco Soconusco is a region in the southwest corner of the state of Chiapas in Mexico along its border with Guatemala. It is a narrow strip of land wedged between the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is the southernmost pa ...

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...

San Bernardino, Oaxaca San Bernardino is a village in Oaxaca, Mexico, in the municipality of Santa María Tonameca. Coatecas Altas Zapotec is spoken as a result of families coming to the village from Coatecas Altas Coatecas Altas is a town and municipality in Oaxac ...

, and in the areas surrounding

San Quintín, Baja California San Quintín is a city in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California, located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The city had a population of 4777 in 2011. San Quintín is an important agricultural center for Baja California. The city is also an emer ...

References

External links

OLAC resources in and about the Coatecas Altas Zapotec language
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Zapotec languages {{Oto-Manguean-lang-stub Languages of Mexico Oto-Manguean languages