Mocho

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
mhc
Alternate Names
Motocintleco, Motozintleco, Qato’k
User Population

130 (2020 INEGI). No monolinguals.

Location

Chiapas state: Motozintla and Tuzantán on Guatemala-Mexico border.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Q’anjob’alan-Chujean, Q’anjob’alan
Dialects

Motozintleco, Tuzanteco (Muchu’). Not intelligible of Mam varieties (1973 SIL). Tuzanteco and Mocho are 2 distinct dialects of the same language (1967 T. Kaufman).

Language Use

Home only. Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mocho
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].