Zoque languages
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| 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[which?] call their language O'de püt.
Zoque-language[which?] programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XECOPA, broadcasting from Copainalá, Chiapas.
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- Wichmann, Søren, 1995. The Relationship Among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6
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