Isthmus Zapotec (native name diidxazá; Spanish: Zapoteco del Istmo) is a Zapotecan language spoken in Tehuantepec and Juchitán de Zaragoza, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is only 18% intelligible with Petapa Zapotec, thought to be the most similar language.
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