Languages
Zoquean languages fall in three groups:
- Gulf Zoquean (Veracruz Zoque)
- Sierra Popoluca (Soteapan Zoque), Texistepec Popoluca, Ayapa Zoque (Tabasco Zoque)
- Oaxacan Zoque
- Chimalapa Zoque
- Chiapas Zoque
- Copainalá Zoque, Francisco León Zoque, Rayón Zoque (a dialect cluster)
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