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Zoque Language (Soke)
Zoque is a Mixe-Zoquean language of Mexico.
Actually there are between two and five different
Zoque languages--Zoque de Chiapas, Zoque de Oaxaca, and Zoque de Tabasco are different enough that speakers
of one cannot understand speakers of the others, and some linguists even consider the different dialects of Zoque
de Chiapas distinct enough to be separate languages. Two
Popoluca
languages of Veracruz are also closely related to Zoque and are sometimes referred to as Zoque de Veracruz. In total
nearly 40,000 people speak Zoque languages in Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Tabasco today, and another 30,000 speak the
two Popoluca Zoquean languages.
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Zoque Ayapa
Zoque Chimalapa
Zoque Copainala
Zoque Francisco Leon
Zoque Rayon
Our lists of Zoque vocabulary words, with comparison to words in other Mixe-Zoque languages.
Zoque Metathesis
Linguistics paper on phonology in the Zoquean languages..
San Miguel Chimalapa Soke
Online dictionary lookup for Chimalapa Zoque.
AILLA: Zoque Ayapaneco
Zoque Copainalá
Zoque Copoya
Zoque Francisco León
Zoque Rayón:
Zoque San Miguel Chimalapa:
Zoque Santa María:
Zoque Soteapan
Zoque Tecpatán
Zoque Texistepec:
Archives of Zoque language recordings available for download.
Zoque de Francesco de León
Copainalá Zoque
Two Christian prayers translated into dialects of Chiapas Zoque.
Bible Verses in Mexican Languages: Zoque de Francesco Leon:
Zoque translation of several Biblical passages.
Zoque Placenames
Chart of indigenous Popoluca and Zoque place names in Mexico.
Francisco León Zoque
Copainalá Zoque
Chimalapa Zoque
Rayón Zoque
Tabasco Zoque
Demographic information about the Zoque languages from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Tabasco Soke Language Tree
Oaxaca Soke Language Tree
Rayón Soke Language Tree
Francisco Leon Soke Language Tree
Copainalí Soke Language Tree:
Theories about Zoque's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Ostuacan Zoque Language Structures
Soteapan Zoque Language Structures
Copainalá Zoque Language Structures
Francisco León Zoque Language Structures
Rayon Language Structures
Chimalapa Zoque Language Structures:
Zoque linguistic profiles and academic bibliographies.
Costumes and Weaving of the Zoque Indians
Book for sale about traditional Zoque Indian textile arts.
Additional Resources, Links, and References
Lengua Zoque:
Information about the Zoque language in Spanish.

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