Zapotec - Cultures and Languages

Cultures and Languages

  • Zapotec civilization, a historical indigenous pre-Columbian civilization and archaeological culture of central Mexico
  • Zapotec languages, a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages
  • Zapotec peoples, contemporary indigenous peoples of Mexico
  • Zapotecan languages, a group of related Oto-Manguan languages (including Zapotec languages), of central Mesoamerica

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