Endangered Languages Project - Chuj

Chuj

Classification: Mayan

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vulnerable

CLASSIFICATION		Mayan, Q'anjob'alan-Chujean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cac, cnm
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		San Sebastián Coatán Chuj Ixtatán Chuj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue (2009) distinguished 2 Chuj languages, Ixtatán Chuj [cnm] and San Sebastián Coatán Chuj [cac]. Other classifiers recognize only one. Ethnologue (2013) now has only one Chuj [cac].

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Information from: “Atlas Lingüístico de Guatemala” . Richards, Michael (2003) Editorial Serviprensa, Guatemala

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
38,253
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
38,253 personas para el año 2001, según un algoritmo desarrollado con
base en las proyecciones del Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Guatemala, Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Huehuetenango: San Mateo Ixtatán, San Sebastián Coatán and some villages of Nentón.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
29,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
This speaker number is for Guatemala. "also a few thousand in Mexico" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:199).

PLACES: Guatemala; Mexico

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,458
Native speakers worldwide

51,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnologue distinguishes 2 Chuj languages, Ixtatán Chuj [cnm] and San Sebastián Coatán Chuj [cac]. Other classifiers recognize only one. Ixtatán Chuj has 31,600 speakers, San Sebastián Coatán Chuj has 19,600 (1991).

DATE OF INFO: 1991

PLACES: Guatemala; Mexico;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala; some in nearby Mexico.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Central western Coatán River area, west Huehuetenango Department.

Ethnic population
64,438
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
31,667 men; 32,771 women. 2002 census. Data for within Guatemala.

DATE OF INFO: 2002

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
38,253
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Guatemala; Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 1,415 square kilometers.

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