Alphabet
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Similar to other languages Zapoteco has it's alphabet totaling to 32 sounds: 5 vowels the remaining are consonants. The 5 vowels are similar to English/Spanish:
| a | e | i | o | u |
Many of the consonants are like consonants in English/Spanish but some have special pronunciations in Zapoteco, they are listed below:
View words starting with letters of the alphabet:
a
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| axh | garlic |
b
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| bzin | mouse |
ch
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| chup | two |
chh
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| chhua'a | mouth |
d
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| dub | feather |
e
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| eza | (Mexican) cherry |
f
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| fok | loan or light bulb |
g
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| gu | (sweet) potato |
i
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| iz | year |
j
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| jeid | chicken |
k
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| kush | pig |
l
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| lulla | tongue |
lh
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| lhapa | hat |
ll
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| llit | bone or egg |
m
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| mechh | money |
n
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| nia'a | foot |
nh
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| nhis | water |
ñ
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| ñeñen | boogeyman? |
o
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| on'o | yes |
p
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| perh | pear |
r
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| riu | cricket |
rh
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| rhiz | little |
s
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| sia | delicious |
sh
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| shi | ten |
t
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| tap | four |
u
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| u |
w
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| wbill | sun |
x
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| xun | eight |
xh
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| xhid | cat |
y
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| yetj | sugarcane |
z
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| za | bean |
za'
| Word | Translation |
|---|---|
| **za'**a | corn 🌽 |