Honduras
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Arabic, South Levantine Spoken
[ajp] Users: 32,000 in Honduras (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Armenian, Western
[hyw] Users: 1,300 in Honduras (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Armenian.
Chinese, Yue
[yue] Tegucigalpa. Users: 1,000 in Honduras (1999). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
Ch’orti’
[caa] Copán department: along Guatemala border. Users: No known L1 speakers in Honduras. Ethnic population: 33,300 (2013 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Core Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Cholan, Chorti-Cholti.
English
[eng] Islas de la Bahía department: large cities along north mainland coast. Users: 9,000 in Honduras (2015 J. Leclerc). Also 13,000 speakers of Bay Island Creole English (2015 J. Leclerc). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Inglés. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Garifuna
[cab] Atlántida and Colón departments; Cortes department: north coast between Masca and Plaplaya in Gracias a Dios department; Islas de la Bahía (Roatan island) department; cities: La Ceiba, Puerto Cortés, San Pedro Sula, and Tegucigalpa; 37 villages. Users: 43,100 in Honduras (2013 census), based on ethnicity. 100 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 100,000 (2021 J. Leclerc). Total users in all countries: 119,400. Status: 6b (Threatened). Alternate Names: Black Carib, Caribe, Central American Carib, Garínagu, Karif. Autonym: Garífuna. Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Ta-Maipurean, Iñeri.
Honduran Sign Language
[hds] Scattered. Users: 40,000 (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 30,000–60,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of the total population. Other estimates: 34,800 (2008 WFD), 18,000–70,000 (Williams 2010:5). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Honduras Sign Language, LESHO, Lengua de Señas Hondureñas. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Lenca
[len] Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, Intibucá, La Paz, Lempira, and Valle departments. Users: No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker probably died by the 1970s (Campbell et al 1978). Some semi-speakers (Adelaar 2007). Ethnic population: 454,000 (2013 census). Status: 9 (Dormant). Classification: Lencan.
Mayangna
[yan] Colón department: southeast corner; Gracias a Dios and Olancho departments: between Patuca and Wanki rivers. Users: 700 in Honduras (1997 SIL). Ethnic population: 2,690 (2013 census). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Sumu, Tawahka. Classification: Misumalpan.
Mískito
[miq] Colón department; Gracias a Dios and Olancho departments, south, Coco river watershed; coastal area, and northwest from Puerto Lempira. Users: 29,000 in Honduras (Rivas 1993). Ethnic population: 80,000 (2013 census). Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: Marquito, Mosquito, Mískitu, Mísquito. Classification: Misumalpan.
Pech
[pay] Colón department: near Caribbean coast; Olancho department: Dulce Nombre de Culmi and Catamacas municipalities. Users: 300 (Yasugi 2007). Ethnic population: 6,020 (2013 census). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Paya, Pesh, Seco. Classification: Chibchan, Chibchan B.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 9,159,000 in Honduras, all users. L1 users: 9,040,000 in Honduras (Instituto Cervantes 2019). L2 users: 119,000 (Instituto Cervantes 2019). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1982, Constitution, Article 6). Alternate Names: Castellano, Español. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Tol
[jic] Francisco Morazán department: Montaña de la Flor and Yoro. Users: 300 (Yasugi 2007). Ethnic population: 19,000 (2013 census). Status: 7 (Shifting). Alternate Names: Tolpan, Tolupan, Torrupan, “Jicaque” (pej.), “Xicaque” (pej.). Autonym: Tol. Classification: Jicaquean.