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Zoogocho Zapotec

Zoogocho Zapotec
(San Bartolomé Zoogocho)
Diža'xon
Pronunciation [diʒaʔˈʐon]
Native to Mexico
Region Northern Oaxaca
Native speakers
(1,400 cited ca. 1991)
(1,000 in Mexico)
Oto-Manguean
Dialects
  • Zoogocho
  • Yalina
  • Tabehua
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog zoog1238

Zoogocho Zapotec, or Diža'xon, is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.

It is spoken in San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca, Santa María Yalina, Tabehua, and Oaxaca City.

As of 2013, about 1,500 "Zoogochenses" live in Los Angeles, California. Classes are held in the MacArthur Park neighborhood to preserve the Zoogocho Zapotec language.

The language is also known as Tabehua, Yalina, Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, and Zoogocho.



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