Also Known As:
Chiguimuliya
Dialects & Varieties
Mayan Loan Words in Xinca
Campbell, Lyle. 1972. "Mayan Loan Words in Xinca." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 38 , no. 3: 187-190.
Critically Endangered
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Location and Context
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Chiquimulilla, Guatemala
Location Description
Xinca is still spoken in Guazacapan (by less than 100 persons), and by only one man in Chiquimulilla (Vicente Morrales, 91). The language had a much wider distribution, but is now quite moribund. It was spoken in Yupiltepeque, but is probably extinct or nearly extinct there. The Yupiltepeque variety is fairly distinct from the others. Xinca was also spoken in Sinacantan, Taxisco, Jumay, Santa Maria Ixhuatan, and San Juan Tecuaco. Some of these may still have speakers.
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