Zoque languages

Zoque
O'de püt
Ethnicity: Zoques
Geographic
distribution:
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco
Linguistic classification: Mixe–Zoquean
  • Zoque
Subdivisions:
Gulf Zoquean

Locations (green) where Zoquean languages are spoken

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.

Languages

Zoquean languages fall in three groups:

Gulf Zoquean (Veracruz Zoque)
Sierra Popoluca (Soteapan Zoque), Texistepec Popoluca, Ayapa Zoque (Tabasco Zoque)
Oaxacan Zoque
Chimalapa Zoque
Chiapas Zoque
Copainalá Zoque, Francisco León Zoque, Rayón Zoque (a dialect cluster)

References

See also