Information from: “México. Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales en Riesgo de Desaparición” . Javier López Sánchez and Alejandra Arellano Martínez and Almandina Cárdenas Demay and Marisol Flores Castro (2012) , Arnulfo Embriz Osorio and Óscar Zamora Alarcón (coordinadores) · INALI
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,883
DATE OF INFO
2010
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
38,000
Ethnologue has 3 Triqui languages: Triqui, Chicahuaxtla [trs]: 6,000 (1982). Triqui, Copala [trc]: 30,000. Triqui, San Martín Itunyoso [trq]: 2,000 (1983). INALI gives 4 "variantes" of Triqui.
PLACES
Mexico; USA
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Chicahuaxtla Triqui: Oaxaca, Tlaxiaco District, San José Xochistlán; Putla District, Santo Domingo del Estado. Copala Triqui: Oaxaca, Juxtlahuaca, San Juan Copala. Over 1,000 speakers: Sonora, including Miguel Alemán (both settled and seasonal); Baja California, San Quintín valley (mostly settled); Coastal California, including Greenfield; Mexico City. Smaller colonies in most tourist centers of Mexico. Also in United States. San Martín Itunyoso Triqui: Oaxaca, Tlaxiaco.