Zapotec, Yalálag
A language of Mexico
| Population | 3,500 in Mexico (2005). 2,000 are in Yalálag, others are in D.F., Oaxaca City, Veracruz. |
| Region | Oaxaca. Also in United States. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 244 |
| Alternate names | Zapoteco de Yalálag |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Zapotec A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap] (Mexico). |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 70%. NT: 2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists; craftsmen. |