Endangered Languages Project - Honduran Lenca

Honduran Lenca

^{[aka Lenka, Lenca]}

Classification: Lencan

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dormant

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lenka, Lenca
CLASSIFICATION		Lencan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		len
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Honduran Lenca and Chilanga (Salvadoran Lenca) are related but quite distinct languages; neither has any remaining speakers.

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Information from: “American Indian Languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America” (122) . Oxford University Press

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Honduran Lencan is dormant; it was spoken with minor dialect differences in Intibuca, Opatoro, Guajiquiro, Similatón (modern Cabañas), and Santa Elena. It is a distinct language from Chilanga (Salvadoran Lenca).

PLACES: Honduras

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
100,000
SEMI SPEAKERS
some
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No known L1 speakers." (Adelaar)

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: Honduras

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Comayagua, Valle and Francisco Morazán departments."

SEMI SPEAKERS
some
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Practically extinct. There remain some semi-speakers.

PLACES: Honduras

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: There remain some semi-speakers in the Departments of La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Comayagua, Santa Barbara, Valle and Morazán.

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: El Salvador; Honduras

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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13.6459,-87.0996

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing