Ixtlán Zapotec

Not to be confused with Southeastern Ixtlán Zapotec.

Ixtlán Zapotec is a Zapotec dialect cluster of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Ixtlán Zapotec
Native to	Mexico
Region	Northern Oaxaca
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1990 & 2000 censuses)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Norte Sierra Juárez Ixtlán Zapotec
Dialects	Yareni Atepec Central Sierra Juárez
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: zae – Yareni (Western) zaa – Central Ixtlán
Glottolog	yare1249  Yareni sier1250  Sierra de Juarez
ELP	Ixtlán (shared)

Varieties share about 80% mutual intelligibility.^[1] They are:

• Yareni (Western Ixtlán, Etla Zapotec), spoken in Santa Ana Yareni.^[2]
• Atepec (Macuiltianguis Zapotec), spoken in San Juan Atepec and San Pablo Macuiltianguis.
• Central Ixtlan
• Sierra de Juárez

Yavesía Zapotec (Southeastern Ixtlán) is somewhat more divergent.

Yareni Zapotec speakers can communicate with speakers of related Zapotec variants in the towns of Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez, San Miguel Aloapam, and San Isidro Aloápam (Aloápam Zapotec).^[2]