Zoque languages

The Zoque (/ˈsk/)[1] 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
O'de püt
EthnicityZoques
Geographic
distribution
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco
Linguistic classificationMixe–Zoquean
  • Zoque
Subdivisions
Glottologzoqu1261
Locations (green) where Zoquean languages are spoken

Central (Copainalá) Zoque-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XECOPA, broadcasting from Copainalá, Chiapas.

There are about 100,000 speakers of Zoque languages. 63,000 people reported their language to be "Zoque" in the 2010 census. An additional 41,000 reported their language to be "Popoluca"; probably 90% of these are Sierra Popoluca and thus Zoque.[2]

Languages

Zoquean languages fall in three groups:

Demographics

List of ISO 639-3 codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from Ethnologue (22nd edition):[3]

LanguageISO 639-3 codeStateMunicipalities and townsDialectsSpeakersDate/SourceAlternate names
Zoque, RayónzorChiapas stateRayón and Tapilula2,1001990 censusZoque de Rayón
Zoque, CopainalázocChiapas stateCopainaláOcotepec, Ostuacán (Ostuacan Zoque). 83% intelligibility of Francisco León [zos] (most similar).10,0001990 censusZoque de Copainalá
Zoque, Francisco LeónzosChiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Oaxaca states1. northwest Mezcalapa Chiapas: into Tabasco, Veracruz-Llave, and Oaxaca, mainly near Grijalva River, Sayula area
2. southern Mezcalapa Chiapas: Grijalva River near Angostura Reservoir
3. eastern Mezcalapa Chiapas and Tabasco states: area surrounding northwest Guatemala tip, west bank of San Antonio River and Laguna de Naja
4. west central Mezcalapa Chiapas: upper reaches of Grijalva River
Chapultenango, San Pedro Yaspac20,0001990 censusSanta Magdalena Zoque, Zoque de Francisco León
Popoluca, HighlandpoiVeracruz stateAmamaloya, Barosa, Buena Vista, Col Benito Juárez, Cuilonia, El Aguacate, Estrivera, Guadalupe Victoria, Horno de Cal, Kilómetro Diez, La Florida, La Magdalena, Las Palmas, Soteapan; Bay of Campeche, area inland between Lake Catemaco and San Juan point, towards Hueyapan and Acayucan26,0002000 INALIPopoluca, Popoluca de la Sierra
Popoluca, TexistepecpoqVeracruz stateTexistepec area east of Oluta12011 UNSDTexistepec
Zoque, TabascozoqTabasco stateJalpa de Méndez municipality: Ayapa122016, J. RangelAyapanec, Zoque de Ayapanec, Zoque de Tabasco, numte oote
Zoque, ChimalapazohOaxaca stateSan Miguel Chimalapa and Santa María Chimalapa4,5001990 censusSan Miguel Chimalapa Zoque

References

  1. Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  2. INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Mexico languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  • Wichmann, Søren, 1995. The Relationship Among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6

Recordings

See also

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