Lacandon language

Lacandon
Jach-t’aan
Pronunciation [xatʃ tʼaːn]
Spoken in Mexico
Region Chiapas
Ethnicity Lacandon people
Native speakers approx. 1000  (date missing)
Language family
Mayan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lac

Lacandon (Jach-t’aan in the revised orthography of the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas)[1] is a Mayan language spoken by approximately 1000 Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico.[2] Native Lacandon speakers refer to their language as Jach t’aan or Hach t'an. A portion of the Lacandon people also speak Tzeltal, Chol, and Spanish.[2]

References

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI). "Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas - lacandón". http://www.inali.gob.mx/catalogo2007/html/v_lacandon.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. ^ a b Gordon, Raymond G., Jr., ed (2005). "Lacandon" (online version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Barbara F. Grimes (contributing ed.) (Fifteenth ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lac.