SynonymsBot
Synonyms for zapotecan or Related words with zapotecan
mixtecan
popolocan
totonacan
otomanguean
zoquean
pamean
tlapanecan
misumalpan
cariban
takic
arawakan
aztecan
nahuan
manguean
surmic
huave
panoan
chibchan
yokutsan
barbacoan
tequistlatecan
chumashan
tucanoan
pomoan
maiduan
yuman
zamucoan
aslian
tupian
maipurean
mazatecan
ubangian
nambikwara
mixe
chicomuceltec
taracahitic
apachean
tanoan
chuukic
amuzgoan
palaungic
gunwinyguan
omotic
chimariko
nyungan
totozoquean
quechuan
jivaroan
shoshonean
wintuan
Examples of "zapotecan"
The
Zapotecan
language group is composed of over 60 variants of
Zapotecan
, as well as the closely related Chatino language. The major variant is Isthmus Zapotec, which is spoken on the Pacific coastal plain of Southern Oaxaca's Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
The
Zapotecan
languages are a group of related Oto-Manguean languages which descend from the common proto-
Zapotecan
language spoken by the Zapotec people during the era of the dominance of Monte Albán.
Petapa Zapotec "(Zapoteco de Santa María Petapa)" is a
Zapotecan
language of the isthmus of Mexico.
The
Zapotecan
language group contains the languages of the Zapotec dialect continuum and the Chatino languages.
Lachiguiri Zapotec (Northwestern Tehuantepec Zapotec, "Zapoteco de Santiago Lachiguiri") is a
Zapotecan
language of the isthmus of Mexico.
Quiavicuzas Zapotec (Northeastern Yautepec Zapotec, "Zapoteco de San Juan Lachixila") is a
Zapotecan
language of the isthmus of Mexico.
Guevea Zapotec, or Guevea de Humboldt Zapotec (Northern Isthmus Zapotec), is a
Zapotecan
language of the isthmus of Mexico.
Chatino language is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, which is classified under the
Zapotecan
branch of the Oto-Manguean language family. The Chatino have close cultural and linguistic ties with the Zapotec peoples, whose Zapotec language is the other member of the
Zapotecan
languages.
The majority of people speak languages of the Oto-Manguean family, either the Popolocan-
Zapotecan
branch or the Amuzgo-Mixtecan branch.
Some of the people speak the Chatino language, a remote branch of the
Zapotecan
family spoken only in the Juquila district.
Tilquiapan Zapotec ("Zapoteco de San Miguel Tilquiápam") is an Oto-Manguean language of the
Zapotecan
branch, spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico.
The Zapotec language belongs to a language family called Oto-manguean, an ancient family of Mesoamerican languages. By 1500 BC the Oto-manguean language began to differ. The Manguean languages probably split first, then the Oto-pamean branch and later the divergence of Mixtecan and
Zapotecan
languages. The
Zapotecan
group includes the Zapotec languages and the closely related Chatino. Zapotec languages are spoken in the southwest part of the state of Oaxaca.
Tejalapan Zapotec "(Zapoteco de Tejalápam)" is a nearly extinct
Zapotecan
language of the Mexican state of Oaxaca (San Felipe Tejalapam). It may be closest to the otherwise divergent Mazaltepec Zapotec.
Chatino is a group of indigenous Mesoamerican languages. These languages are a branch of the
Zapotecan
family within the Oto-Manguean language family. They are natively spoken by 45,000 Chatino people,
Several Oto-Manguean languages have systems of whistled speech, where by whistling the tonal combinations of words and phrases, information can be transmitted over distances without using words. Whistled speech is particularly common in Chinantec, Mazatec and
Zapotecan
languages.
The highest number of speakers of these languages are found in Oaxaca where the two largest branches, the
Zapotecan
and Mixtecan languages, are spoken by almost 1.5 million people combined.
In 1543 he entered the Dominican Order at Mexico, and was sent to Oaxaca in 1548, where he acquired the
Zapotecan
idiom and ministered to the Indians. He was named provincial in 1568.
Chatino refers to three closely related languages; the three being Eastern Chatino, Tataltepec Chatino, and Zenzontepec Chatino of the
Zapotecan
branch. Zacatepec Chatino falls under the Eastern Chatino branch.
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.
The
Zapotecan
subgroup is formed by the Zapotec languages (c. 785,000 speakers of all varieties) and the related Chatino languages (c. 23,000 speakers). They are all traditionally spoken in central and southern Oaxaca, but have been spread throughout Mexico and even into the United States through recent labor related migrations.