Zoogocho Zapotec
Zoogocho Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in United States and Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Zoogocho Zapotec, or Diža'xon, is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.
It is spoken in San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca, Santa María Yalina, Tabehua, and Oaxaca City.
As of 2013, about 1,500 "Zoogochenses" live in Los Angeles, California. Classes are held in the MacArthur Park neighborhood to preserve the Zoogocho Zapotec language.
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Words in Zoogocho Zapotec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | no'ol | |
| person | bene* | |
| name | la* | |
| eye | lao* | |
| ear | yidnag* | |
| nose | Sina7* | |
| tooth | lay* | |
| tongue | loZe7* | |
| hand | na7* | |
| blood | Cen* | |
| bone | Zit* | |
| skin | yidSa* | |
| knee | Sib* | |
| breast | SiZe7* | |
| liver | SCete* | |
| water | nis | |
| fire | yi7* | |
| sun | gwbiZ* | |
| star | belxw* | |
| stone | yex* | |
| mountain | ya7a* | |
| tree | yag* | |
| leaf | laga7* | |
| night | yel* | |
| dog | beko7* | |
| fish | bel* | |
| horse | cabayw | |
| louse | beSe7* | |
| one | to* | |
| two | Cop* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Yatzachi ZapotecOtomanguean80% alike
- Cajonos ZapotecOtomanguean65% alike
- Choapan ZapotecOtomanguean45% alike
- Yalálag ZapotecOtomanguean40% alike
- Mitla ZapotecOtomanguean37% alike
- Ayoquesco ZapotecOtomanguean37% alike
Grammar
- Sierra de Juárez ZapotecOtomanguean86% alike
- Zacatepec ChatinoOtomanguean85% alike
- Tataltepec ChatinoOtomanguean85% alike
- Santa María Quiegolani ZapotecOtomanguean85% alike
- Ocotlán ZapotecOtomanguean85% alike
- MochoMayan85% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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