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ALSO KNOWN AS		Paya, Seco, Bayano, Taia, Towka
CLASSIFICATION		Chibchan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pay
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
990
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,586
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
[Most speakers are] Older adults. Data for the number of native speakers and the ethnic population come from Rivas (1993).

990 (Rivas 1993). Ethnic population: 2,590 (Rivas 1993). (2013, unchanged.)

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Shifting to Spanish. Much community interest to preserve the Pech language, and some work is being done to preserve it.

PLACES: Honduras; El Salvador

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

North central coast, Olancho Department, Dulce Nombre de Culmí municipality, Santa María del Carbón, Las Marías, Gracias a Dios, Silin, Colón.

The language is used more in Agua Amarilla and La Laguna in El Carbón.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Recent estimate by Constenla; Danilo Salamanca estimates 1000

MORE ON VITALITY

Severely endangered.

PLACES: Honduras

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Municipality of Dulce Nombre de Culmí; Olancho dept; la Laguna in Santa María del Carbón

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
994
Native speakers worldwide

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger		UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		900	100-999	Recent estimate by Constenla; Danilo Salamanca estimates 1000			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Severely endangered.	Honduras	Municipality of Dulce Nombre de Culmí; Olancho dept; la Laguna in Santa María del Carbón	15.0819,-85.5552
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													15.0,-85.5
			World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			994	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,586	990	100-999	[Most speakers are] Older adults. Data for the number of native speakers and the ethnic population come from Rivas (1993). 990 (Rivas 1993). Ethnic population: 2,590 (Rivas 1993). (2013, unchanged.)	Spanish	Shifting to Spanish. Much community interest to preserve the Pech language, and some work is being done to preserve it.	Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14		Honduras; El Salvador	North central coast, Olancho Department, Dulce Nombre de Culmí municipality, Santa María del Carbón, Las Marías, Gracias a Dios, Silin, Colón. The language is used more in Agua Amarilla and La Laguna in El Carbón.

Pech

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Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

990

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

900

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

994

Discussion

Pech

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

990

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

900

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

994

Discussion

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