Mixtepec Zapotec

Not to be confused with other languages called Mixtepec Zapotec.

Mixtepec Zapotec
(San Juan Mixtepec)
Native to	Mexico
Region	Oaxaca
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Sur Cis-Yautepec Mixtepec Zapotec
Dialects	San Jose Lachiguiri
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zpm
Glottolog	mixt1426
ELP	Mixtepec Zapotec

Mixtepec Zapotec (San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is an Oto-Manguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility with Lapaguía Zapotec, but with only 45% intelligibility in the other direction.^[1]

The variety of San Jose Lachiguiri is perhaps a separate language.^[2]

References

1. Mixtepec Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Elizabeth Merrill, 2008. Classification of Zapotec languages by regions as an aid to language development programs