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Type Words
Synonyms zapotecan
Type of amerindian, native american
Type Words
Synonyms zapotecan
Type of uto-aztecan, uto-aztecan language
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Zapotec languages are spoken in the southwest part of the state of Oaxaca.
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Zapotec civilization had its beginnings in the Oaxaca valley in the late 6th Century BC.
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Zapotec is a tone language, which means that the meaning of a word is often determined by voice pitch.
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Zapotec communities can be found in 67 municipalities.
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Zapotec women in the Mexican state of Oaxaca play a variety of social roles in their families and communities.
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Zapotec territory extends in and around the Central Valleys region of the state, around the capital city of Oaxaca.
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  • Of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people
  • A member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
  • (Zapotecs) People in southern Mexico who established Monte Alban civilisation after AD 500.
  • (Nahuatl) An ethnic group inhabiting the modern state of Oaxaca in Mexico. Before the conquest, the Zapotec paid tribute to the Aztec empire.
  • A style of weaving by native Mexican Zapotec Indians from Oaxaca
  • A member of an American Indian people of Oaxaca state, Mexico.