Ayapa Zoque (Tabasco Zoque)
E919358
Ayapa Zoque (Tabasco Zoque) is a highly endangered Zoquean language of southern Mexico, traditionally spoken in the community of Ayapa in the state of Tabasco.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ayapa Zoque | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zoquean language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Ayapaneco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabasco Zoque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | separate language from other Zoque varieties ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus |
highly endangered
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse | home and community contexts ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | taba1269 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
ⓘ
ergative alignment in some constructions ⓘ prefixal person marking on verbs ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Spanish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Zoquean varieties ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | very few fluent speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasStatusInMexico | recognized indigenous language ⓘ |
| hasTransmissionStatus | intergenerational transmission largely interrupted ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
verb–object–subject (VOS)
ⓘ
verb–subject–object (VSO) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | zoq ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mesoamerican linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Zoquean ⓘ |
| region | southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
dominance of Spanish in education and media
ⓘ
very small speaker population ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Ayapa, Tabasco, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Mixe–Zoque language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
language documentation projects
ⓘ
revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| traditionalCommunity | Ayapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Zoquean indigenous community of Ayapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | oral tradition of Ayapa community ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.