The Valley Zapotec language, casually spoken | Wikitongues

The Valley Zapotec language, also called Tlacolula Valley Zapotec and Dizhsa, is a variety of the Zapotec languages, which are spoken by as many as 490,000 people, primarily in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Veracruz. The speaker @rodrigogarcia4591, is a musician and songwriter.

Note: an earlier version of this description mislabeled this video as Tejalapam Zapotec.

More from Wikipedia: "Tlacolula Valley Zapotec or Valley Zapotec, known by its regional name Dizhsa, and formerly known by the varietal name Guelavia Zapotec (Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is a cluster of Zapotec languages spoken in the western Tlacolula Valley, which show varying degrees of mutual intelligibility. All varieties of Valley Zapotec are endangered. The languages in this group include: Santa Ana del Valle Zapotec Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec, San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, Tlacolula de Matamoros Zapotec, San Juan Guelavía Zapotec, San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya Zapotec, and San Juan Teitipac Zapotec. Teotitlán del Valle dialect is divergent, 59% intelligible to San Juan Guelavía proper. Valley Zapotec is also spoken in the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of Oaxaca. In April 2014, linguist Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, along with students from Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, visited Tlacolula de Matamoros to present an online Tlacolula Valley Zapotec talking dictionary to local leaders. It was estimated that about 100 elderly speakers of this Zapotecan language remain. Tlacolula Valley Zapotec is a VSO language."

[jaygutierrez]

My dad passed two years ago and his native tongue is this beautiful language. Makes me happy to hear it again.

[heykeema]

wow, i am just discovering this channel for the first time. this is an awesome thing you do!!!!

[plixyplx]

I love the sound of languages with guttural stops. And Oaxaca is a beautiful place. :)

[broccoli]

At 3:05 It's interesting how when he says the name of the months with Spanish roots, it sounds like the Catalan words. Ener, Febrer, Març, Abril, Agost, etc.

[ConnorGhostHeart]

I like the sound of this language. Thanks for sharing as always, wikitongues!

[issacovid]

The zapotec im used to, each zapotec region has accents

[hugonegrete]

Y'all should do a video on Yoremnokki, I'd love to see that beautiful language from the region my family's from be heard by many people)

[oliveranderson]

I really hope this channel isn't dead

[emiliotixel]

how do you say fire and sun in zapotec and how is it pronounced? como see dice fuego y sol en zapoteco y como se pronuncia?

[Hun_Uinaq]

I like the sound of it. It has a suite and please in cadence.

[thedevil]

I love this channel! You guys dont happen to have any video on romani do you? Seeing romani would be incredibly interesting

[peynirformaggio]

I recommend to make a video about Cypriot Turkish, because this dialect is so different (though mutually intelligible) from turkish, sadly it may disappear in a future because turkey wants to force turkish cypriots to speak standart turkish, even turkey is colonizing north cyprus with turks from turkey and sadly now turkish Cypriots are becoming a minority, wish you can make a video about the beautiful cypriot turkish language and show it to the world in this amazing chanel.

[tom_p]

Maybe the author of the video could give this footage exact subtitles in Spanish or English.

[EliasRPolo]

NO ES ZAPOTECO DE TEJALAPAM, INFORMACION FALSA

[EliasRPolo]

FALSO ESTE NO ES ZAPOTECO DE TEJALAPAM, FALSO FALSO.

[crow_feather]

What a beautiful language! It's fascinating how different it sounds from Spanish, despite coming from a valley in a country where Spanish is the native language!