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 * Zapotecs** are an Indigenous group in Oaxaca with an incredible breadth and depth of culture. There are about 100 variations of the language. This page feature working notes on Zapotec culture, including language, traditional dance and food. Suggestions are welcome.

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danza de la pluma Zapoteco de Teotitlán del Valle

Wikipedia
[|Zapotec civilization] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocijo

Headlines
http://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/spring-2017-issue-iii-volume-cxiv/zapotec-talking-dictionary [|TuxTyping dedizh diiste / TuxTyping en Zapoteco] http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/los-angeles-immigrant-community-pushes-to-keep-zapotec-language-alive-14648.html http://linguistics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.001.0001/acrefore-9780199384655-e-73

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Elsewhere on the Web
[|Zapotecos del Mundo] [|Ticha] http://zapotecinoaxaca.weebly.com - http://zapotecinoaxaca.weebly.com/1/post/2013/06/meanwhile-in-los-angeles.html Talking Dictionary http://talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/zapotec

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counting
juchitan || sierra juárez || german || english ||
 * || teotitlan || costa || istmo
 * 1 || tuy || dtiba || tubi ||  || eins || one ||
 * 2 || tiop || chopa || chupa ||  || zwei || two ||
 * 3 || chonn || tsona || chona ||  || drei || three ||
 * 4 || tap || dtapa || tapá ||  || vier || four ||
 * 5 || hi || gaya || gayuu ||  || funf || five ||
 * 6 ||  || shopa || gaysheé ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 7 ||  || gaasa || shopó ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 8 ||  || schona || shoonú ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 9 ||  || yeei || gaa ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 10 ||  || ssina || chii ||   || tzen || ten ||
 * 11 ||  ||   ||   ||   || elf || eleven ||
 * 12 ||  ||   ||   ||   || zwolf || twelve ||
 * 13 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 14 ||  ||   ||   ||   || vierzehn ||   ||
 * 15 ||  ||   ||   ||   || funfzehn ||   ||
 * 16 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 17 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 18 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 19 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 20 ||  ||   || gande ||   || zwanzig || twenty ||
 * 50 ||  ||   || chupa la te gande chii ||   ||   || fifty ||

Translating
Chocolate Atole - Ciab Guez (Teotitlan del Valle), Bupu (Juchitan)

Greetings and Wordlists
Zapoteco de Teotitlán del Valle

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Zapoteco de la Costa (Tavita)
nit - agua - water cob - masa - corn meal yin, toznana, nanzoza - picante - spicy uye udobol (yeah doh bua) - flor de muerto - marigold udobol - muerto - dead chocolat - chocolate - chocolate nit cob - atole - atole jamaic - jamaica - hibiscus nit jamaica - agua de jamaica - jamaica drink yaall - milpa - farm yu'u - tierra/casa - earth/home yii - popo - shit retnalud - excuse me - con permiso shidd - pina - pineapple ndrash - naranjo - orange mbel - pescado - fish mbin - arete - earring mbiin - pajaro - bird nso mbiin lo llaba - hay un pajaro en el árbol - there is a bird in the tree nde - elote - corn nsob - maiz - corn yaa - arbol - tree yec - flor - flower luth - pequeno - small nawe - bonito/hermoso - beautiful nawe luth - pequeno es bonito - small is beautiful mbio - muchacho - boy gol - muchacha - girl nawesoss - hermoso - gorgeous utta di diba - me da otra - give me another utta di chopa - me da dos - give me two itmi - dinero - money upes - moneda - coin cach - cuerno - horn yid mbi - globo - balloon cuan guaa - na - que quieres comer - what would you like to eat? cuan gua na - que queres tomar - what would you like to drink? ndiana - quiero comer - i would like to eat ndionla - quieres comer? - would you like to eat? ndiango - quieren comer? - would you like to eat? ndiansosna - tengo mucho hambre - i am very hungry mbup - armadillo - armadillo se msinla - ya llegaste - you arrived se msinna - he regresado - i have returned pón da? - donde vas? - where are you going? mbeu - tortuga - turtle nsid - ardilla - squirrel mnsin - venado - deer mmsinlaasha - ya llegaron naac tontalu - no seas tonto - don't be silly naac nde yis la lu - no seas sangron - don't be that guy may nde - como estas? - how are you? (said to men) may msa - como estas? - how are you? (said to women) gunne - salud! - cheers

De sur de Emilio Shomo Lee Chuta - Como te llamas - what is your name?

Zapoteco de Etla
Tu Zhu Dizhee - Hay calor - It's hot

Zapoteco de Alicia de Albarradas
Nup - Aguamiel Guish - Delicious Ay yek ka - Regreso - I'll be back Ya vek ka - He regresado - I'm back

Zapoteco de la Sierra Juárez (Elvira y Tomas) (yuvan)
ghit - huevos - eggs nakerzu - como estas? - how are you? suagee - bien - fine Güenu zsagnu? - Quieres ser mi novia? - Would you like to be my girlfriend? Chizú guedu - Te vas? - Are you leaving now? (response is chizú guedua) Nestán - Toilet cánac - asi es usagru shu - hasta manana runchanze - peevish; flirt - [|coscolino] grei - sientate - sit down Ven zhan lachu - Con permiso - Excuse me Miel - Buchiu (Ziuey) - Honey Yetgu - Tamal - Tamal Luyey quie Luaa' - Mercados de Oaxaca - Oaxaca Markets Melad - Miel de caña - Molasses Yetj - Caña - Sugarcane Brúss - Guajalote Bráa - Guajalota

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Zapoteco del Istmo
chi’tal chá¿cómo estas? how are you rari sí - aqui, nada más - fine diux - saludos - hello diux quixeli - gracias - thank you shigrgueta - jilcapextle - jilcapextle gueta - tortilla shig - jicara dius quishe peli - gracias - thank you diosquidexly - gracias - thank you Nanisha - sabroso - delicious scarulu - bonita - pretty lula'a - oaxaca - oaxaca guendarau - comida - food tu lalo - como te llamas - what is your name? gudan - ven, vente - come here padelii - de donde eres - where are you from? nizado - mar - sea niza - agua - water ubdo - platano - banana mbich - rana - frog gueta - tortilla - tortilla xhaiba - cielo - sky beuu - luna - moon gubidxel - sol - sun nadxieli - te quiero - i love you - ich liebe dich na - yo - I li - tu - you lube - el o elle - he or shee lanu - nosotros - we lacabe - ellos - they latu - ustedes - you (plural) naroba - grande - big winni - chico - small chunco - youngest child ben da' - pescado - fish bendahua - camaron - shrimp na' nishe - delicioso - delicious

Zapoteco de Yalalag
yet - tortilla nis - agua za - frijol wi - naranjo yellay - platano - banana ka - no yai - palo senso - salud aushkayo - gracias

Tlalixtac nazie - sabroso - delicious

???
nachsu - como estas - how are you? shua chia - estoy bien - i am fine

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Quotes

"To a Zapotec the celestial bodies are not inanimate. They are not referred to with the inanimate pronoun. The Stars and the Moon are referred to with the third person animal pronoun. The Sun is referred to with the third person respect pronoun. In men's speech this pronoun is reserved for women of higher social rank than the speaker and for God. Of course, it is possible for a noun to belong to a gender class to which it is not semantically suited. But such is not the case for the word for Sun. Its gender affiliation is not accidental, but is semantically based.

The full Texmelucan Zapotec expression for Sun is 'doo güidz.' 'güidz' is the word that is cognate with the words for Sun in other Zapotecan languages. It occurs in only one other expression: the word for Mexico City, 'ru-güidz', which means literally 'the mouth of the Sun.'"

Often the Sun is simply referred to in the shortened form of the expression, as 'doo.' 'doo' refers to the class of supernatural beings I translate 'fairy.' For 'The Seven Kinds of Rain' and 'Matlaziwa' I argued that this word is an ancient word for God. Even today some people treat the Sun as a God. They put out flowers and light candles before it. They cross themselves when the Sun comes up, and they cross themselves when it goes down." -Charles H. Speck, Zapotec Oral Literature" Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages IV, Pages 171-172

Misc Conquista de la Sierra

Cuento tradicional en zapoteco de la Sierra Sur - Cuento del Conejo y del Coyote
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 * Guelaguetza Spot in Zapotec Language**

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