Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec
Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in United States and Mexico, by about 28 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Tlacolula Valley Zapotec or Valley Zapotec, known by its regional name Dizhsa, and formerly known by the varietal name Guelavia Zapotec (Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is a cluster of Zapotec languages spoken in the western Tlacolula Valley, which show varying degrees of mutual intelligibility. All varieties of Valley Zapotec are endangered. The languages in this group include:
Santa Ana del Valle Zapotec
From Wikipedia · Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Western Tlacolula Valley Zapotec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | buny* | |
| name | lah* | |
| eye | bzilohoh* | |
| ear | dyag* | |
| nose | Zi7ih* | |
| tooth | la7aih* | |
| tongue | luZ* | |
| hand | na7* | |
| blood | re7ehiny* | |
| bone | behez* | |
| skin | gi7idy* | |
| knee | Zihiby* | |
| breast | duad* | |
| liver | lasto* | |
| water | nis | |
| fire | baly* | |
| sun | wbwiZ* | |
| star | balkih* | |
| stone | gyihah* | |
| mountain | dany* | |
| tree | gyag* | |
| leaf | bdag* | |
| night | wSi7iny* | |
| dog | bekw* | |
| fish | bel* | |
| louse | bcya7ah* | |
| one | te7iby* | |
| two | tyop* | |
| I | na7* | |
| you | liu7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Tilquiapan ZapotecOtomanguean42% alike
- Mitla ZapotecOtomanguean40% alike
- Ayoquesco ZapotecOtomanguean33% alike
- San Pedro Quiatoni ZapotecOtomanguean31% alike
- Santa Inés Yatzechi ZapotecOtomanguean31% alike
- ZapotecOtomanguean30% alike
Grammar
- Santa María Quiegolani ZapotecOtomanguean90% alike
- Ocotlán ZapotecOtomanguean89% alike
- Coatlán ZapotecOtomanguean88% alike
- Zacatepec ChatinoOtomanguean87% alike
- IwaidjaIwaidjan Proper86% alike
- San Baltazar Loxicha ZapotecOtomanguean86% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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