zapotecan

Noun zapotecan has 2 senses

• zapotecan(n = noun.person) zapotec - a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900;
is a kind of american indian, indian, red indian

• zapotecan(n = noun.communication) zapotec - the language of the Zapotec;
is a kind of uto-aztecan, uto-aztecan language