Mochoʼ people

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The Mochoʼ people are an indigenous Maya group of Chiapas, Mexico, known for their distinct Mochoʼ language and traditional highland culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mochoʼ people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalHeritage Maya rituals ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
culturalPreservationEfforts bilingual education initiatives ⓘ
community language revitalization projects ⓘ
culturalRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
culturalThreats language shift to Spanish ⓘ
demographicTrend declining population ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Mexico ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Mochoʼ language ⓘ
governmentRecognition recognized indigenous group in Chiapas ⓘ
indigenousTo Chiapas ⓘ
Sierra Madre de Chiapas ⓘ
language Mochoʼ language ⓘ
languageEndangerment severely endangered ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered language community ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
migrationPattern out-migration to urban areas ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Mexico ⓘ
partOf Maya civilization ⓘ
primaryReligion syncretic Maya-Catholic practices ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Mexico ⓘ
region southern Mexico ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chuj people ⓘ
linked to: Chuj Maya people

Tojolabal people ⓘ
Tzeltal people ⓘ
Tzotzil people ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalDress Maya-style clothing ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalFestivals Catholic feast days with Maya elements ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle highland agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Maya religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Mochoʼ language endangered ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Mochoʼ → spokenBy → Mochoʼ people ⓘ