Zoque languages

The Zoque (/ˈsoʊkeɪ/)[2] languages form a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico by the Zoque people.

Zoque
O'de püt
EthnicityZoques
Geographic
distribution		Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco
Native speakers
110,000 "Zoque" and "Sierra Popoluca" (2020 census)[1]
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 over 100,000 speakers of Zoque languages. 74,000 people reported their language to be "Zoque" in a 2020 census, and an additional 36,000 reported their language to be Sierra Popoluca. Most of the remaining 8,400 "Popoluca" speakers are presumably also Zoque.[1]

Languages

Zoquean languages fall in three groups:

Justeson and Kaufman also classify Epi-Olmec as a Zoquean language,[3][4][5] although this claim is disputed by Andrew Robinson.[6]

Demographics

List of ISO 639-3 codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from Ethnologue (22nd edition):[7]

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. Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
  2. Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. Justeson, John S., and Terrence Kaufman (1993), "A Decipherment of Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing" in Science, Vol. 259, 19 March 1993, pp. 1703–11.
  4. Justeson, John S., and Terrence Kaufman (1997) "A Newly Discovered Column in the Hieroglyphic Text on La Mojarra Stela 1: a Test of the Epi-Olmec Decipherment", Science, Vol. 277, 11 July 1997, pp. 207–10.
  5. Justeson, John S., and Terrence Kaufman (2001) Epi-Olmec Hieroglyphic Writing and Texts.
  6. Robinson, Andrew (2008) Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts, Thames & Hudson, ISBN 978-0-500-51453-5.
  7. 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

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