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  Ayapanec, Ayapaneco, Ayapa, Zoque, Tabasco, Zoque de Tabasco, Zoque de Ayapanec, Zoque, Numde Oode, Numdi Oodi
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  Recent Resources
          Copies of three partial versions of texts of the Passion in the Zoque language chanted by the Indian
      
  
  
          SITIO DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LENGUAS INDÍGENAS (INALI)
      
  
  
          LEY GENERAL DE DERECHOS LINGÜÍSTICOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS
      
  
  
    
              Critically Endangered
      
  
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
"Calculating the number of speakers can be tricky due to the level of endangerment, but my latest count is approximately 4 elder speakers and 1 younger heritage speaker. There are probably more heritage speakers but [they] haven't been surveyed yet....There might be some new speakers soon due to the 10-year revitalization process."
Native Speakers Worldwide
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality: 
   
    
              Writing the future of Ayapaneco: an orthography for heritage and new speakers of a critically endangered language
      
  
Bibliography of Locations: 
   
    
              Personal Communication on Ayapanec Zoque
      
  
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              Writing the future of Ayapaneco: an orthography for heritage and new speakers of a critically endangered language