Zapotec () or zapoteca may refer to:

Cultures and languages

Zapotec civilization The Zapotec civilization ( "The People"; 700 BC–1521 AD) is an Indigenous peoples, indigenous Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence shows that their cultu ...

, a historical indigenous pre-Columbian civilization and archaeological culture of central Mexico *

Zapotec languages The Zapotec languages are a group of around 50 closely related indigenous languages of Mesoamerica, indigenous Mesoamerican languages that constitute a main branch of the Oto-Manguean languages, Oto-Manguean language family and are spoken by th ...

, a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages *

Zapotec peoples The Zapotec ( Valley Zapotec: ) are an Indigenous people of Mexico. Their population is primarily concentrated in the southern state of Oaxaca, but Zapotec communities also exist in neighboring states. The present-day population is estimated at 4 ...

, contemporary indigenous peoples of Mexico *

Zapotecan languages The Zapotecan languages are a group of related Oto-Manguean languages which descend from the common proto-Zapotecan language spoken by the Zapotec people during the era of the dominance of Monte Albán. The Zapotecan language group contains ...

, a group of related Oto-Manguean languages (including Zapotec languages), of central Mesoamerica * Zapotec language (Jalisco), an extinct language from Jalisco state in Mexico, unrelated (despite its name) to the group of Zapotec languages.

Other uses

* ''Zapoteca'' (plant), a legume genus

Cultures and languages

Other uses

See also