Zapotec languages
Spoken language
The Zapotec languages are a group of around 50 closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages that constitute a main branch of the Oto-Manguean language family and which is spoken by the Zapotec people from the southwestern-central highlands of... Wikipedia
Writing system: Zapotec script
Linguistic classification: Oto-Manguean > Zapotecan > Zapotec
Geographic distribution: Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero, Puebla. Small populations in California and New Jersey, United States
ISO 639-2 / 5: zap
Native speakers: 490,000 in Mexico (2020 census)