Zapotec

E51396
Mesoamerican civilization ethnic group indigenous people

The Zapotec are an indigenous Mesoamerican people primarily from the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico, known for their ancient civilization, distinctive language family, and rich cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Zapotec languages 15
Zapotec canonical 12
Isthmus Zapotec 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican civilization ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
capitalCityInAntiquity Monte Albán ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
diaspora United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economy beans cultivation ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
ethnonym Bènizàa ⓘ
hasLanguage Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Isthmus Zapotec

Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Zapotec

Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Valley Zapotec

Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zapotec languages
historicalRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
knownFor ancient urban planning ⓘ
ballgame courts ⓘ
calendar system ⓘ
communal fiestas ⓘ
guelaguetza reciprocity system ⓘ
hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
rich textile traditions ⓘ
terraced agriculture ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
Zapotecan languages ⓘ
majorArchaeologicalSite Mitla ⓘ
Monte Albán ⓘ
meaningOfEthnonym Cloud People ⓘ
neighboringCulture Mazatec ⓘ
Mixe ⓘ
Mixtec people ⓘ
surface form: Mixtec
politicalOrganizationInAntiquity city-state system ⓘ
populationRegion Guerrero ⓘ
Oaxaca state ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
primaryRegion Oaxaca ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Zapotec religion ⓘ
socialOrganization cargo system ⓘ
communal land tenure ⓘ
subregion Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ
Oaxaca Valley ⓘ
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca ⓘ
Sierra Sur de Oaxaca ⓘ
timeDepth classic period ⓘ
preclassic period ⓘ
traditionalDeity Cocijo ⓘ
Coquihani ⓘ
Pitao Cozobi ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageContext Guelaguetza festival of Oaxaca ⓘ
writingSystem Zapotec script ⓘ
writingSystemType logosyllabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Madre del Sur → indigenousGroups → Zapotec ⓘ
Veracruz → hasIndigenousLanguages → Zapotec ⓘ
Zapotec civilization → usedWritingSystem → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec script
Zapotec civilization → hasLanguage → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Oaxaca → hasRecognizedIndigenousLanguages → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Oto-Manguean languages → hasSubfamily → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotecan languages
Oto-Manguean languages → hasMemberLanguage → Zapotec ⓘ
Benito Juárez → languageSpoken → Zapotec ⓘ
State of Oaxaca → hasIndigenousLanguages → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Zapotec → hasLanguage → Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Zapotec → hasLanguage → Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isthmus Zapotec
Zapotec → hasLanguage → Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley Zapotec
Zapotec → hasLanguage → Zapotec self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra Zapotec
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca → languageRegionFor → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
indigenous peoples of the Americas → includesEthnicGroup → Zapotec ⓘ
subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → dominantLanguage → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Mexican people → recognizedLanguage → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Oaxaca Valley → archaeologicalCulture → Zapotec ⓘ
Oaxaca Valley → languageRegion → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Lambityeco → languageGroupAssociated → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Zapotec people → language → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Zapotec people → hasSubgroup → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isthmus Zapotecs
Zapotec people → hasSubgroup → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sierra Zapotecs
Dainzú → languageContext → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Cocijo → languageOrigin → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec language
Mitla → culture → Zapotec ⓘ
Region of Valles Centrales → languageRegionFor → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Prehistoric Caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Central Valley of Oaxaca → languageOfRegion → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Costa del Pacífico → hasIndigenousLanguages → Zapotec ⓘ
subject surface form: Costa del Pacífico (Oaxaca)
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages
Guelaguetza → languageOfName → Zapotec ⓘ
San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico → hasIndigenousPopulation → Zapotec ⓘ
Isthmus of Tehuantepec → hasIndigenousPeople → Zapotec ⓘ
Juchitán de Zaragoza → localLanguage → Zapotec ⓘ
Bènizàa → hasExonym → Zapotec ⓘ
Sierra Juárez → languageRegion → Zapotec ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zapotec languages