Zoque | |
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O'de püt | |
Ethnicity: | Zoques |
Geographic distribution: |
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco |
Linguistic classification: | Mixe–Zoquean
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Subdivisions: |
Gulf Zoquean
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Locations (green) where Zoquean languages are spoken
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The Zoque languages form a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico. They are spoken by around 70,000 indigenous Zoque people. The Zoques call their language O'de püt.
Zoque-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XECOPA, broadcasting from Copainalá, Chiapas.
Zoquean languages fall in three groups: