Zoque languages

Spoken in

  • Mixe- Zoque Zoque

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Zoque ( O'de Puet ) is an indigenous language in Mexico or a group of closely related languages ​​, spoken by the ethnicity of the Zoque. It is spoken by about 60,000 people around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz and Tabasco.

Properties

Zoque is a polysynthetic Ergativsprache.

Classification

Zoque, together with the Mixe- language voice Mixe- Zoque family.

The approximately 60,000 speakers of the Zoque variants of Oaxaca and Chiapas call their language o'de Puet. The variants of Soteapan, Texisistepec and Ayapa in the state of Veracruz are known under the derogatory Nahuatl name Popoluca.

Due to the strong geographical isolation within the mountainous area voice, there are widely differing regional variants. SIL International divides the Zoque in eight different languages.

Language family Mixe–Zoque languages Languages of Mexico Mixean languages
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