Zapotec - Zapotec People, Zapotec Scholars, Zapotec Sites, Zapotecan Languages, Benito Juarez, Zapotec Peoples, Cocijo, Zapotec Languages (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Zapotec people, Zapotec scholars, Zapotec sites, Zapotecan languages, Benito Juarez, Zapotec peoples, Cocijo, Zapotec languages, Mexico Indigena, Lambityeco, Monte Alban, Guiengola, Mitla, Zapotec civilization, Dainzu, San Jose Mogote, Suchilquitongo, Eufrosina Cruz, Yagul, Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Morales, Robert N. Zeitlin, Chatino language, San Pablo Huitzo, List of Zapotec languages, Andres Henestrosa, Carlos Merida, Miguel Cabrera, Joseph Whitecotton, Charles S. Spencer, Isthmus Zapotec, Richard Blanton, Joyce Marcus, Quiabelagayo, Kent V. Flannery, Zaachila, Ignacio Bernal, Cosijopii I, Coatlan Zapotec, Cosijoeza, El Palmillo. Excerpt: The Zapotec language(s) are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlands of Mexico. Present-day native speakers are estimated to number over half a million, with the majority inhabiting the state of Oaxaca. Zapotec-speaking communities are also found in the neighboring states of Puebla and Guerrero. Emigration has also brought a number of native Zapotec-speakers to the United States, particularly in California. In most Zapotec-speaking communities, Spanish is also spoken. The name of the language in Zapotec itself varies according to the geographical variant. In Juchitan (Isthmus) it is Diidxaza, in Mitla it is Didxsaj, in Zoogocho it is Di a'xon, and in Santa Catarina Quioquitani it is Tiits Se, for example. The first part of these expressions has the meaning 'word' (perhaps slightly reduced as appropriate for part of a compound). Zapotec and the related language Chatino together form the Zapotecan subgroup of the Oto-Manguean language family. Zapotec languages (along with all Oto-Manguean languages) form part of the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area, an area of linguistic convergence developed th...