zapotecanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zapotecan_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_useZapotecan, adj. & n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

Zapotecanadjective & noun

  1. 1922–
    Stressed as Zapoˈtecan.
    1. 1922
      The Zapotecan tongue is spoken by at least 500,000 souls.
      K. Al-Shimas, Mexican Southland vii. 122
    2. 1922
      Those accosted made answer in Zapotecan.
      K. Al-Shimas, Mexican Southland vii. 126
    3. 1962
      Rhythmic and Zapotecan-proud the classic women dance.
      E. Birney, Ice Cod Bell or Stone 54
    4. 1978
      In the Zapotecan family of Oaxaca, ‘Choapan Zapotec phonology’, by Larry and Rosemary Lyman..employs ‘a hierarchically oriented framework’ of five levels, from phoneme to ‘phonological sentence’.
      Language 506/2

Originally published as part of the entry for Zapotec, n. & adj.

Zapotec, n. & adj. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.