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Thanks to all who responded to my query about languages using bound copies 
as anaphora: 
 
Youssef Haddad 
Brent Henderson 
Andrew Nevins 
Norval Smith 
Nora Wiedenmann 
 
As I suspected, there are not many languages that use copies anaphorically 
in unmarked pragmatic contexts. Besides the languages I already knew about 
(the Zapotec languages, Thai, Vietnamese, and Hmong), the only other 
language reported to me that shows this pattern robustly is Malayalam 
(which allows bound copies in non-local c-commanding contexts). 
 
I also got reports of languages such as Telugu that use copies in control 
contexts (allowing structures like ''the priest hopes the priest to go'') 
but do not use copies in reflexive constructions. 
 
Thanks again to all for your help. And if anyone thinks of any other 
languages that may be of interest, do let me know!