Ethnologue

Zoque, Copainalá

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Zoque de Copainalá

Population

10,000 (1990 census).

Location

Chiapas state: Copainalá.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Ocotepec, Ostuacán (Ostuacan Zoque). 83% intelligibility of Francisco León [zos] (most similar).

Typology

VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Development

Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1967.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].