2,500 (1990 census). 880 monolinguals. Mainly older women.
Oaxaca, southeast Miahuatlán, Santa Catarina Xanaguía, San Francisco Ozolotepec, and San José Ozolotepec.
None known. A few phonological and lexical differences between San Francisco and San José areas. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].
Vigorous. A few users of other languages have married into and speak it. Home, local administration, commerce, religion. All ages. Positive attitudes. 20% have some fluency in Spanish [spa]. San Francisco reportedly more monolingual than Santa Catarina, and San José the most bilingual. Some use other varieties of Zapotec.
Latin script [Latn].
Many women over 40 and some men have no education. People leave the area for jobs. Christian, traditional religion.