Mixtepec Zapotec

Mixtepec Zapotec
Mixtepec Zapotec
(San Juan Mixtepec)
Native to	Mexico
Region	Oaxaca
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1991)
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Sur Cis-Yautepec Mixtepec Zapotec; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	San Jose Lachiguiri;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zpm
Glottolog	mixt1426
ELP	Mixtepec Zapotec

Last updated January 02, 2026

Mixtepec Zapotec (San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is an Oto-Manguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility with Lapaguía Zapotec, but with only 45% intelligibility in the other direction.^[1]

The variety of San Jose Lachiguiri is perhaps a separate language.^[2]

References

1 2 Mixtepec Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Elizabeth Merrill, 2008. Classification of Zapotec languages by regions as an aid to language development programs

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[e18-1] 1 2 Mixtepec Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Elizabeth Merrill, 2008. Classification of Zapotec languages by regions as an aid to language development programs

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