S-7. Some Valley Zapotec Place Names

This section presents some place names in Valley Zapotec.

§1. First, here are some places in the Tlacolula Valley:

The Zapotec word for “Quiaviní” has several pronunciations, including Gyibni [Gyi'bnnii] and Gyimni [Gyi'mnnìi']. Most people who live in San Lucas refer to the pueblo as San Luc.

The full name of the city of Tlacolula is “Tlacolula de Matamoros”, but everyone calls it simply “Tlacolula”.

_{Fot Teiby. Boys playing basketball in front of the municipio (city hall) in San Lucas Quiaviní.}

_{Fot Tyop. The Guish Bac (“City of Tlacolula”) hotel in Tlacolula, with the church in the background. (“Guish Bac” would be written as Gueizh Bac (or, for some speakers, Guëizh Bac) in our spelling system.)}

_{Fot Chon. Street scene in Santa Ana del Valle.}

_{Fot Tap. Dancing the danza de la pluma (feather dance) in Teotitlán del Valle.}

§2. Next, here are the names of some places elsewhere in Mexico:

_{Fot Gai. Balloon sellers on the zócalo (main square) in Oaxaca City.}

§3. Finally, some places in the United States:

§4. You can use any place name after the word buny “person” to refer to a person from that place: