The Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary currently has 2533 entries, with 2518 audio files and 673 images.
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gitx kier ziul
has long hair
( Spanish ) de pelo largo
yag bis
firewood
( Spanish ) leña
ri’
jug
( Spanish ) cántaro
bigu
knot
( Spanish ) nudo
yu'
house
( Spanish ) casa
da'
petate (woven reed mat)
( Spanish ) petate
bixtily
soap
( Spanish ) jabón
yaguan
mirror
( Spanish ) espejo
yan par xhub xhúb
( Spanish ) olote para desgranar maíz
bizie
well
( Spanish ) pozo
baxon
braid
( Spanish ) trenza
lani xten Dad Bid
fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre
( Spanish ) fiesta de la Preciosa Sangre
Semantic domains:
benny kalber
person’s skull (name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) calavera (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
grek garbat
(name of weaving pattern)
( Spanish ) grecas (nombre del diseño)
Semantic domains:
gie
rock
( Spanish ) piedra
All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2017).
Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Most of the black and white line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.
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Janet Chávez Santiago, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Esénia Bañuelos, Ben Gevirtz, Lillian Leibovich, & K. David Harrison. 2025.Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 3.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan
There are currently 2533 entries, 2518 audio files, and 673 images.
All content copyright © the recorded Zapotec communities (2013-2017).
Dictionary production supervised by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and Janet Chávez Santiago, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013-2017).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Most of the black and white line drawings in these entries are taken from the Arte para la Alfabetización en México (Art for Literacy in Mexico) (Instituto Lingüistico de Verano, A.C., 2004) and are used according to the license agreement therein. All artwork remains the intellectual property of the artist.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite:
Janet Chávez Santiago, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Esénia Bañuelos, Ben Gevirtz, Lillian Leibovich, & K. David Harrison. 2025.Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 3.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/teotitlan
Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.
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