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Zoque, Francisco León

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: zos

Population	20,000 (1990 census).
Region	Chiapas, Mezcalapa.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 123
Alternate names	Santa Magdalena Zoque, Zoque de Francisco León
Dialects	Chapultenango, San Pedro Yaspac. Similar to Copainalá [zoc].
Classification	Mixe-Zoque, Zoque, Chiapas Zoque
Language development	Dictionary. NT: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Relocated after El Chicón volcano eruption in 1982; the original town of Francisco León is buried. Long words, affixes, nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALVAREZ, José Mateo; ENGEL, Mary; ENGEL, Ralph, compilers. 1987. Diccionario zoque de Francisco León.

BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A.; ENGEL, Ralph, authors. 1987. "Gramática Zoque."

Vernacular Publications

Viaje libro: viate a Mexico. 1972.