Mixtepec Zapotec (San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec, Eastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is an Oto-Manguean language of

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. It is reported to have 80% intelligibility with

Lapaguía Zapotec Lapaguía Zapotec, or Lapaguía-Guivini Zapotec, is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is border ...

, but with only 45% intelligibility in the other direction. The variety of San Jose Lachiguiri is perhaps a separate language.Elizabeth Merrill, 2008
Classification of Zapotec languages by regions as an aid to language development programs
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