Zoque

E250110
Mesoamerican people indigenous people

The Zoque are an indigenous Mesoamerican people of southeastern Mexico, closely related to the Olmec cultural sphere and known for their distinct language, traditions, and presence primarily in Chiapas and neighboring states.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Zoque canonical 7
Soteapan Zoque 2
Ayapa Zoque 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice agricultural festivals ⓘ
communal land use ⓘ
syncretic Catholic-indigenous rituals ⓘ
culturalSphere Olmec heartland ⓘ
surface form: Olmec cultural sphere
currentReligion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Mexico ⓘ
governedWithin State of Chiapas ⓘ
surface form: state of Chiapas

State of Oaxaca ⓘ
surface form: state of Oaxaca

state of Tabasco ⓘ
hasAutonym O’depüt (in some Zoque varieties) ⓘ
hasOralTradition legends ⓘ
myths ⓘ
ritual narratives ⓘ
historicalContactWith Spanish colonizers ⓘ
language Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
surface form: Zoque languages
languageFamily Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
neighboringGroups Chontal of Tabasco ⓘ
Mixe people ⓘ
surface form: Mixe

Tzeltal Maya ⓘ
surface form: Tzeltal

Tzotzil ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Mesoamerican cultural area
populationRegion southeastern Mexico ⓘ
primaryRegion Chiapas ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Mexico ⓘ
region Oaxaca ⓘ
Tabasco ⓘ
relatedTo Olmec civilization ⓘ
socialOrganization community assemblies ⓘ
extended family networks ⓘ
speaks Zoque self-link ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalDance ritual dances ⓘ
traditionalMusic drum and flute ensembles ⓘ
traditionalReligion Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence beans cultivation ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
small-scale animal husbandry ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State of Chiapas → indigenousGroups → Zoque ⓘ
State of Chiapas → recognizedIndigenousLanguages → Zoque ⓘ
Chiapas → containsIndigenousLanguage → Zoque ⓘ
Mexican Penutian languages → hasMember → Zoque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soteapan Zoque
Mixe–Zoquean languages → hasLanguage → Zoque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ayapa Zoque
Isthmus of Tehuantepec → hasIndigenousPeople → Zoque ⓘ
Zoque → speaks → Zoque self-link ⓘ
Tuxtla Gutiérrez → hasMinorityLanguage → Zoque ⓘ
Zoque people → hasLanguage → Zoque ⓘ
Sierra Popoluca → hasAlternativeName → Zoque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soteapan Zoque
Sierra Popoluca → hasAlternativeName → Zoque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soteapanec Zoque