Mixtepec Zapotec (San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is an
Oto-Manguean language of
Oaxaca
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,
Mexico
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. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility with
Lapaguía Zapotec, but with only 45% intelligibility in the other direction.
The variety of San Jose Lachiguiri is perhaps a separate language.
[Elizabeth Merrill, 2008]
Classification of Zapotec languages by regions as an aid to language development programs
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References
Zapotec languages
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