Chicomuceltec
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
Cac’chiquel Mam, Cakchiquel Mam, Chicomukeltec, Chicomulcelteco
User Population
No known L1 speakers in Mexico. The last competent speakers probably died by the 1930s; some rememberers may have survived into the 1980s (Campbell and Canger 1978). Ethnic population: 1,500. Total users in all countries: none known.
Location
Chiapas state: Amatenango de la Frontera municipality near Guatemala border.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Language Use
Extinct in recent Mayanist literature. Shifted to Spanish [spa].