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Cajonos Zapotec

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Cajonos Zapotec
Native toMexico
Regionnorthern Oaxaca
Native speakers
(5,000 in Mexico cited 1993)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Dialects
  • Cajonos Zapotec
  • Yaganiza–Xagacía Zapotec
  • San Mateo Zapotec
Language codes
ISO 639-3zad
Glottologcajo1238
ELPVillalta (shared)

Cajonos Zapotec (Southern Villa Alta Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Pedro Cajonos) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is spoken in several towns named Cajonos, as well as, San Pedro Cajonos, San Pablo Yaganiza and Xagacía. There are significant differences with the dialects of the latter.

References

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  1. ^ Cajonos Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Méndez S., Pedro, compiler, & others. 2004. Diccionario zapoteco; Zapoteco de San Pablo Yaganiza, Oaxaca. Mexico City: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.