ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

North America · ISO 639-3 zpo · Glottocode amat1238

Amatlán Zapotec

Amatlán Zapotec is documented in one source country and is assigned to the Otomanguean family; CLDR identifies Latin as the likely script.

Language family
Otomanguean
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
unassessed
Macroarea
North America
Source country codes
MX
Reference point
16.271, -96.400

Open research question

Which current and community-grounded sources can reliably establish endangerment, speaker numbers, varieties, and domains of use for Amatlán Zapotec?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.