zapotec
IPA: zˈæpoʊtɛk
Root Word: Zapotec
noun
- A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
- Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people.
adjective
- Of or relating to the Zapotec people.
- Of or relating to their language.
Examples of "zapotec" in Sentences
- Focus alignment and optimal order in Zapotec.
- A few varieties of Zapotec have passive morphology.
- It is a traditional and historically Zapotec village.
- These are the earliest Zapotec glyphs known to exist.
- There is virtually no true morphology in the Zapotec noun.
- Zapotecs are also tolerant of bisexuality and transvestism.
- Mixtec writing is also thought to descend from the Zapotec.
- Much of Zapotec social life is strongly segregated by gender.
- They are easily recognizable in their traditional Zapotec clothing.
- In many, indigenous languages such as Nahuatl and Zapotec can be heard.
- Some people say it is a matriarchal society some others say it is not but the fact is that the women there act very differently from other zapotec areas.