Lacandon language
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| Lacandon | |
|---|---|
| Jach-t’aan | |
| Pronunciation | [xatʃ tʼaːn] |
| Spoken in | Mexico |
| Region | Chiapas |
| Ethnicity | Lacandon people |
| Native speakers | approx. 1000 (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lac |
Lacandon (Jach-t’aan in the revised orthography of the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas)[1] is a Mayan language spoken by approximately 1000 Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico.[2] Native Lacandon speakers refer to their language as Jach t’aan or Hach t'an. A portion of the Lacandon people also speak Tzeltal, Chol, and Spanish.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI). "Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas - lacandón". http://www.inali.gob.mx/catalogo2007/html/v_lacandon.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ a b Gordon, Raymond G., Jr., ed (2005). "Lacandon" (online version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Barbara F. Grimes (contributing ed.) (Fifteenth ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lac.
