The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2427 entries, with 2354 audio files and 680 images.
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head person, person in charge
( Spanish ) persona que encabeza, persona encargado
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mountains with rain (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) montañas con lluvia (nombre del diseño)
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1. dancer in the dance of the feather; 2. dance of the feather
( Spanish ) 1. danzante en la danza de la pluma; 2. la danza de la pluma
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( Spanish ) hoja en la iglesia durante la fiesta, posiblemente del árbol del roble
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person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)
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Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
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Janet Chávez Santiago, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Allison Freemond, Neal Kelso, Jaime Metzger, Kate Riestenberg, & K. David Harrison. 2019. Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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