Zapotec

group of indigenous Mesoamerican languages
Language language_family Q13214
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Zapotec is a language spoken in Mexico [1].

Zapotec

Summary

Zapotec is a language family[1]. Zapotec draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (language_family category, ranking #156 of 1,012).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zapotec is in the country of Mexico[3].
  • Zapotec's instance of is recorded as language family[4].
  • Zapotec's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Zapotec's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage[6].
  • Zapotec's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Zapotec is a type of Oto-Manguean[8].
  • Zapotec's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Zapotec's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zapotec languages[10].
  • Zapotec's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+777000'}[11].
  • Zapotec's different from is recorded as Zapotec[12].
  • Zapotec's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ZAP[13].
  • Zapotec's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object[14].
  • Zapotec's linguistic typology is recorded as isolating language[15].

Why It Matters

Zapotec draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (language_family category, ranking #156 of 1,012).[2] Zapotec has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Zapotec is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+777000'}
    Topic's main category Category:Zapotec languages
    Instance of language family, language, macrolanguage +1
    Writing system Latin script
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