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Ayapa Zoque (Ayapaneco) or Tabasco Zoque is a nearly extinct Zoquean language of Ayapa a village 10 km east of Comalcalco in Tabasco Mexico. The native name is Nuumte Oote ‘True Voice’. A vibrant albeit minority language until the middle of the 20th century the language suffered after the introduction of compulsory education in Spanish urbanisation and migration of its speakers. As of 2011 only two people still spoke Ayapaneco fluently Manuel Segovia (b.