Lacandon

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
lac
Alternate Names
Lacandón, Lakantún
Autonym
Jach-t’aan
User Population

770 (2020 INEGI). Ethnic population: 1,000 (2000).

Location

Chiapas state: Betel, Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, Najá.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Yucatecan, Yucatec-Lacandon
Dialects

Lacanjá, Najá.

Typology

SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Chol [ctu]. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1978.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lacandon
Writing

Latin script [Latn].