Lenca
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A language of Honduras
User Population
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).
Location
Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, Intibucá, La Paz, Lempira, and Valle departments.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Dialects
None known. Some considered it Macro-Chibchan.
Language Use
Shifted to Spanish [spa].