Zaniza Zapotec
Zaniza Zapotec (Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza) is an Oto-Manguean language of western Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of several Zapotec languages called Papabuco. It has only 10% intelligibility with Texmelucan Zapotec, its closest important relative. (Speakers of the nearly extinct Elotepec Zapotec have 70% understanding of Zaniza, but it is not known if the reverse is true, so this may be a question of familiarity.)
| Zaniza Zapotec | |
|---|---|
| (Santa María Zaniza) | |
| Western Sola de Vega Zapotec Papabuco | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | (770 cited 1990 census) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zpw |
| Glottolog | zani1235 |
| ELP | Zaniza Zapotec |
The language is spoken in Santa María Zaniza, Oaxaca. As of 2003, the language had about 400 fluent speakers. It is also spoken in Santiago Textitlán.
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