Zoque, Copainalá
A language of Mexico
| Population | 10,000 (1990 census). |
| Region | Chiapas, Copainalá. |
| Language map |
Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 128 |
| Alternate names | Zoque de Copainalá |
| Dialects | Ocotepec, Ostuacán. 83% intelligibility with Francisco León [zos] (most similar). |
| Classification | Mixe-Zoque, Zoque, Chiapas Zoque |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1967. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal. Agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Biber, Douglas. 1978. "Evidence for rule re-ordering from the Otomanguean languages."
Elson, Benjamin F. 1992. "Reconstructing Mixe-Zoque."
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Engel, Ralph and Robert E. Longacre. 1963. "Syntactic matrices in Ostuacan Zoque."
Harrison, Roy and Margaret Harrison, compilers. 1981. Diccionario zoque de Copainalá.
Harrison, Roy and Margaret Harrison. 1948. Diccionario español-zoque y zoque-español.
Harrison, Roy and Margaret Harrison. 1984. "Survey of morphology and syntax for Zoque of Copainala."
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Harrison, Roy. 1952. "The mason: a Zoque text."
Nordell, Norman. 1962. "On the status of Popoluca in Zoque-Mixe."
Wonderly, William L. 1943. Notes on Zoque grammar.
Wonderly, William L. 1946. "Phonemic acculturation in Zoque."
Wonderly, William L. 1946. "Textos en zoque sobre el concepto del nagual."
Wonderly, William L. 1946. "Zoque place names."
Wonderly, William L. 1949. "Folklore zoque: Cuento de Weyaweya."
Wonderly, William L. 1949. "Some Zoquean phonemic and morphophonemic correspondences."
Wonderly, William L. 1951. "Zoque I: Introduction and bibliography."
Wonderly, William L. 1951. "Zoque II: Phonemes and morphophonemes."
Wonderly, William L. 1951. "Zoque III: Morphological classes, affix list, and verbs."
Wonderly, William L. 1951. "Zoque IV: Auxiliaries and nouns."
Wonderly, William L. 1952. "Zoque V: Other stem and word classes."

