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Isthmus Zapotec

Isthmus Zapotec
Juchitán Zapotec
Diidxazá
Pronunciation [dìdʒàˈzà]
Region Oaxaca, Mexico
Native speakers
(85,000 cited 1990 census)
Oto-Manguean
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog isth1244

Isthmus Zapotec, also known as Juchitán Zapotec (native name diidxazá;Spanish: Zapoteco del Istmo), is a Zapotecan language spoken in Tehuantepec and Juchitán de Zaragoza, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Guevea de Humboldt Zapotec, a different language, is sometimes referred to as "Northern Isthmus Zapotec."

The sounds of Isthmus Zapotec are:

Isthmus Zapotec has only open syllables (that is, they must end in a vowel).



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