Zoque, Copainalá
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
O’de pʌt, Zoque de Copainalá
Autonym
Tzunitzame
User Population
10,000 (1990 census). Total Zoque speakers: 74,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location
Chiapas state: Copainalá.
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Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Dialects
Ocotepec (Otetzame), Ostuacán (Ostuacan Zoque, Tzunitzame). 83% intelligibility of Francisco León [zos] (most similar).
Typology
VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.
Language Development
Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1967.