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ISO 639-3: zai

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Other known names and dialect names: Isthmus Zapotec, Zapoteco del Istmo

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo: Juchitán, Oaxaca. Embrey, Virginia (researcher); Pickett, Velma B. (researcher). 1974. Instituto de Investigación e Integración Social del Estado de Oaxaca, El Colegio de México. oai:sil.org:1507
  2. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo (Juchitán). Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B.; Villalobos V., María. 2008. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3725
  3. ONLINEIllustrations of the IPA: Isthmus (Juchitán) Zapotec. Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B.; Villalobos V., María. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:41189
  4. ONLINERecorded stories and words. Alsop, John R. (recorder); Villalobos V., María (speaker). 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:76308
  5. ONLINEMonolingual texts in Isthmus Zapotec. Pickett, Velma B. (researcher). 1950. SIL International. oai:sil.org:76502
  6. ONLINEPresentation of three short texts in Isthmus Zapotec. Marlett, Stephen A. (researcher). 2019. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:80964

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Isthmus Zapotec. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:zai
  2. ONLINEDictionaria Resources for Diidxazá. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:dictionaria.clld.org:isth1244
  3. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo: Juchitán, Oaxaca. Embrey, Virginia (researcher); Pickett, Velma B. (researcher). 1974. Instituto de Investigación e Integración Social del Estado de Oaxaca, El Colegio de México. oai:sil.org:1507
  4. ONLINERecorded stories and words. Alsop, John R. (recorder); Villalobos V., María (speaker). 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:76308
  5. ONLINESpoken word lists in Isthmus Zapotec. Alsop, John R. (researcher). 2002. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77232

Language descriptions

  1. [Sierra de Juárez, Chatino, Coatlán-Loxicha, and Isthmus Zapotec field notes]. Beam de Azcona, Rosemary (researcher). 1996. California Language Archive. oai:cla.berkeley.edu:BeamdeAzcona.022
  2. ONLINEDictionaria Resources for Diidxazá. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:dictionaria.clld.org:isth1244
  3. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Isthmus Zapotec. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:isth1244
  4. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Isthmus Zapotec. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:isth1244
  5. ONLINEGramatica Popular del Zapoteco Del Istmo. Pickett, Velma B. and Black, Cheryl and Cerqueda, Vicente Marcial. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2648
  6. ONLINEThe Grammatical Hierarchy of Isthmus Zapotec. Supplement to Language. Pickett, Velma. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4210
  7. ONLINEVocabulario Zapoteco del Istmo. Pickett, Velma. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:5479
  8. Las construcciones de los verbos del zapoteco del Istmo, de Juchitán, Oaxaca. Pickett, Velma B. 1953. Memoria del Congreso Científico Mexicano XII: Ciencias Sociales. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. oai:sil.org:1256
  9. Mexican Indian Languages and Greenberg’s ‘Universals of Grammar …’. Pickett, Velma B. 1983. Frederick B. Agard et al., eds., Essays in Honor of Charles F. Hockett. Leiden: E. J. Brill. oai:sil.org:1409
  10. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo: Juchitán, Oaxaca. Embrey, Virginia (researcher); Pickett, Velma B. (researcher). 1974. Instituto de Investigación e Integración Social del Estado de Oaxaca, El Colegio de México. oai:sil.org:1507
  11. Clitics--To Be or Not to Be Words. Pickett, Velma B. 1987. SIL International. oai:sil.org:2122
  12. ONLINEThe Syllable Structure and Aspect Morphology of Isthmus Zapotec. Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B. 1987. SIL International. oai:sil.org:2148
  13. ONLINEIsthmus Zapotec Verb Analysis I. Pickett, Velma B. 1953. SIL International. oai:sil.org:2201
  14. ONLINEAspect in Isthmus Zapotec. Pickett, Velma B. 1989. Mary Ritchie Key and Henry M. Hoenigswald, eds., General and Amerindian Ethnolinguistics: In Remembrance of Stanley Newman. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. oai:sil.org:2620
  15. El protozapoteco. Fernández de Miranda, María Teresa. 1995. El Colegio de México y Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. oai:sil.org:2635
  16. ONLINEIsthmus Zapotec Verb Analysis II. Pickett, Velma B. 1955. SIL International. oai:sil.org:2807
  17. ONLINENonphonemic Stress: A Problem in Stress Placement in Isthmus Zapotec. Pickett, Velma B. 1951. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3406
  18. ONLINEZapotec pronoun classification. Marlett, Stephen A. 1993. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3572
  19. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo (Juchitán). Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B.; Villalobos V., María. 2008. SIL International. oai:sil.org:3725
  20. ONLINEPluralization in Zapotec Languages. Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B. 2001. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:39098
  21. ONLINEIllustrations of the IPA: Isthmus (Juchitán) Zapotec. Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B.; Villalobos V., María. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:41189
  22. ONLINEIsthmus Zapotec. Pickett, Velma B. 1967. Norman A. McQuown, ed., Handbook of Middle American Indians, Vol. 5: Linguistics. Austin: University of Texas Press. oai:sil.org:446
  23. ONLINEEl pronombre inaudible en el zapoteco del Istmo. Marlett, Stephen A.; Pickett, Velma B. 2002. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:53052
  24. Isthmus Zapotec Loans. Pickett, Velma B. 1989. Ruth M. Brend and David G. Lockwood, eds., The Fifteenth LACUS Forum 1988. Lake Bluff, IL: Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. oai:sil.org:6126
  25. ONLINEFurther Comments on Zapotec Motion Verbs. Pickett, Velma B. 1976. SIL International. oai:sil.org:64960
  26. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Zapotec (Isthmus). n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:zai

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEZapotec, Isthmus: a language of Mexico. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:zai
  2. ONLINEAtempa Zapotec Language Survey. Consultant (consultant). n.d. MPI corpora : Language and Cognition : mesoamerica : Otomanguean : Sicoli. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_001E_0919_7
  3. ONLINEJuchitán Zapotec Auto Application. Consultant (consultant). n.d. MPI corpora : Language and Cognition : mesoamerica : Otomanguean : Sicoli. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_001E_9C1C_D
  4. ONLINEJuchitán Zapotec Language Survey. Consultant (consultant). n.d. MPI corpora : Language and Cognition : mesoamerica : Otomanguean : Sicoli. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_001B_A7FE_A
  5. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Zapotec, Isthmus. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_zai
  6. ONLINEComparación de dos 'dialectos' zapotecos. Pickett, Velma B. 1990. Beatriz Garza Cuarón y Paulette Levy, eds., Homenaje a Jorge A. Suárez: Lingüística indoamericana e hispánica. México, D.F.: El Colegio de México. 9681204328. oai:sil.org:1358
  7. Palabras de préstamo en zapoteco del Istmo. Pickett, Velma B. 1992. Elizabeth Luna Traill, ed., Scripta Philologica III: In honorem Juan M. Lope Blanch. México: Universidad Nacional Autónama de México. 9683621597. oai:sil.org:1763
  8. ONLINEIlustraciones fonéticas de lenguas Amerindias. Marlett, Stephen A. (editor). 2007. Universidad Ricardo Palma y SIL International. oai:sil.org:1838
  9. Zapotec—Language or Languages?. Pickett, Velma B. 1989. Michael P. Jordan, ed., The Sixteenth LACUS Forum 1989. Lake Bluff, IL: Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States. oai:sil.org:2733
  10. How intuitive is the ‘word’? A response. Pickett, Velma B. 1981. SIL International. oai:sil.org:4661
  11. Reflections on Isthmus Zapotec inflection. Weber, David J. 1994. SIL International. oai:sil.org:4716
  12. Literacy among the Zapotecs of the Isthmus. Embrey, Virginia. 1969. SIL International. oai:sil.org:5623
  13. Isthmus Zapotec to Quiegolani Zapotec: a New Testament computer adaptation project, and an AMPLE source disambiguation tool needed to do the adaptation. Regnier, Randall. 1996. JAARS and Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:sil.org:5719
  14. ONLINENumber marking innovations in Zapotec. Black, Cheryl A. 2008. SIL International. oai:sil.org:7810
  15. Proto Otomanguean Kinship. Merrifield, William R. 1981. International Museum of Cultures. oai:sil.org:7897
  16. ONLINEThe grammatical hierarchy of Isthmus Zapotec. Pickett, Velma B. 1959. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9596
  17. ONLINETito ne Ita 1. Embrey, Virginia; Pickett, Velma B. 1951. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12156
  18. ONLINENin ñuu lu guiru yuꞌ. Villalobos V., María. 1984. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:12226
  19. ONLINETitu ne Ita 2. Embrey, Virginia; Pickett, Velma B. 1951. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12249
  20. ONLINERa ruzulu guenda ruundaꞌ. Embrey, Virginia; Kolderup, Laurine; Villalobos V., María. 1983. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12318
  21. ONLINELaucáꞌ didxazá. Kolderup, Laurine; Villalobos V., María. 1982. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:12357
  22. ONLINEChuupa cuentu stii ca biꞌchica. Embrey, Virginia; Pickett, Velma B. 1951. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12381
  23. ONLINEChupa cuentu sti lexu. Embrey, Virginia; Kolderup, Laurine. 1974. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12476
  24. ONLINENisa rindani. Raymundo Cabrera, Jesús (editor); Villalobos V., María; Hernández de Chávez, Aurea (speaker). 1981. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12511
  25. ONLINETercera cartilla zapoteca. Embrey, Virginia; Pickett, Velma B. 1949. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12587
  26. ONLINEStiidxa chupa gubaanaꞌ. Villalobos V., María. 1976. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12623
  27. ONLINEChuupa cuentu stii maaniꞌ. Embrey, Virginia; Pickett, Velma B. 1951. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:12665
  28. ONLINEDimensions of grammatical constructions. Pike, Kenneth L. 1962. SIL International. oai:sil.org:29892
  29. ONLINESome aspects of Zapotecan clausal syntax. Marlett, Stephen A. 1985. SIL International. oai:sil.org:40071
  30. ONLINECrucigramas bilingües: español - zapoteco del Istmo. Pickett, Velma B. 1981. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:60880
  31. ONLINEGionna biʔchiʔ. n.a. 1951. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:60881
  32. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo II. n.a. 1946. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:60882
  33. ONLINECuarta cartilla zapoteca. n.a. 1949. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:61215
  34. ONLINETi familia. n.a. 1951. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. oai:sil.org:61217
  35. ONLINEZapoteco del Istmo I. n.a. 1946. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. oai:sil.org:61236
  36. Isthmus Zapotec Kinship Terms. Embrey, Virginia. 1981. SIL International. oai:sil.org:69183
  37. Proto Zapotec Kinship Terms. Fernández de Miranda, María Teresa. 1981. SIL International. oai:sil.org:69304
  38. ONLINEPhoto of Isthmus Zapotec ladies. n.a. 1959. SIL International. oai:sil.org:73826
  39. ONLINEPhoto of Isthmus Zapotec lady in her traje. n.a. 1964. SIL International. oai:sil.org:74152
  40. ONLINEPhoto of Isthmus Zapotec children dancing. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:74153
  41. ONLINEPhotos of Isthmus Zapotec girls in fiesta attire. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:74159
  42. ONLINEPhoto of Isthmus Zapotec ladies and girls in fiesta attire. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:74160
  43. ONLINEPhoto of seamstresses sewing Isthmus Zapotec huipiles. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:74161
  44. ONLINEThree possible diffused words in Amerindian languages. Hollenbach, Barbara E. 1973. SIL International. oai:sil.org:75471
  45. ONLINEMaria's Culinary Secrets. Villalobos V., María. 2018. self published. oai:sil.org:76329
  46. ONLINECaadxi Yaga Napa Nu Ndaani Guidxi Xabizende. Villalobos V., María. 2018. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A. C. oai:sil.org:76568
  47. ONLINEImages of village life in Juchitán, Oaxaca. Embrey, Virginia (photographer); Pickett, Velma B. (photographer). 1960. SIL International. oai:sil.org:76985
  48. ONLINEphotos of Isthmus Zapotec house construction. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1960. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77016
  49. ONLINEphotos of an Isthmus Zapotec market. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1960. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77017
  50. ONLINEphoto of Isthmus Zapotec ladies in their festival trajes. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1960. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77018
  51. ONLINEphotos of Isthmus Zapotec houses. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1960. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77019
  52. ONLINEphotos of Isthmus Zapotecs at their everyday tasks. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1959. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77020
  53. ONLINEphotos of an Isthmus Zapotec procession. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1962. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77022
  54. ONLINEphotos of Isthmus Zapotec fiestas. Alsop, John R. (photographer). 1960. SIL International. oai:sil.org:77023
  55. ONLINEIsthmus Zapotec fiesta. n.a. 1940. SIL International. oai:sil.org:80420

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEZapotec materials, ACLS collection. Angulo, Jaime de; Leal, Mary; Leal, Otis; McQuown, Norman A.; Swadesh, Morris, 1909-1967. 1920-1930, 1940-1947. ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society). oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9585
  2. ONLINEZapotec materials, Paul Radin papers. Castellana, Felix; Radin, Paul, 1883-1959. 1912-1930. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society. oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9110

Other known names and dialect names: Isthmus Zapotec, Zapoteco del Istmo

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