Name
The name of the language in Zapotec itself varies according to the geographical variant. In Juchitán (Isthmus) it is Diidxazá, in Mitla it is Didxsaj, in Zoogocho it is Diža'xon, and in Santa Catarina Quioquitani it is Tiits Së, for example. The first part of these expressions has the meaning 'word' (perhaps slightly reduced as appropriate for part of a compound).
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“What is it? a learned man
Could give it a clumsy name.
Let him name it who can,
The beauty would be the same.”
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