Endangered Languages Project - Ch'orti'

Ch'orti'

^{[aka Chorti, Chortí, Apay]}

Classification: Mayan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Chorti, Chortí, Apay, Ch'orti, Ch'ortí
CLASSIFICATION		Mayan, Ch'olan-Tseltalan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		caa
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,105
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
9,105 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

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Chiquimula: Jocotán, Camotán, Olopa y Quezaltepeque.
Zacapa: La Unión.

Ethnic population
46,833
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
23,365 women; 23,468 men. 2002 Census. Data for within Guatemala.

DATE OF INFO: 2002

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,105
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Guatemala

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 240 square kilometers.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,744
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
52,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,010
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 30,000 speakers in Guatemala (J. Lubeck 2000).

30,000 in Guatemala (2000 J. Lubeck). Population total all countries: 30,010 (2013, unchanged).

PLACES: Guatemala; Honduras

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Eastern border with Honduras, Chiquimula and Zacapa departments.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,010
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

14.8333333333, -89.25

COORDINATES

14.9364, -88.865

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press