Zaniza Zapotec | |
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(Santa María Zaniza) | |
Wastren Sola de Vega Zapotec Papabuco | |
Native tae | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | (770 citit 1990 census)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
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Leid codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zpw |
Zaniza Zapotec (Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza) is a Oto-Manguean leid o wastren Oaxaca, Mexico. It is ane o several Zapotec leids cried Papabuco. It haes anerly 10% intelligibility wi Texmelucan Zapotec, its closest important relative. (Speakers o the nearly extinct Elotepec Zapotec hae 70% unnerstaundin o Zaniza, but it is no kent if the reverse is true,[2] so this mey be a question o familiarity.)
The leid is spoken in Santa María Zaniza, Oaxaca.[3] As o 2003, the leid haed aboot 400 fluent speakers.[4] It is spoken in Santiago Textitlán an aw.[5]