Chuj
Classification: Mayan
·vulnerable
Classification: Mayan
·vulnerable
Information from: “Atlas Lingüístico de Guatemala” . Richards, Michael (2003) Editorial Serviprensa, Guatemala
38,253 personas para el año 2001, según un algoritmo desarrollado con
base en las proyecciones del Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
Huehuetenango: San Mateo Ixtatán, San Sebastián Coatán and some villages of Nentón.
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Ethnologue distinguishes 2 Chuj languages, Ixtatán Chuj [cnm] and San Sebastián Coatán Chuj [cac]. Other classifiers recognize only one. Ixtatán Chuj has 31,600 speakers, San Sebastián Coatán Chuj has 19,600 (1991).
Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala; some in nearby Mexico.
Central western Coatán River area, west Huehuetenango Department.
Information from: “ATLAS SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICO DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS EN AMÉRICA LATINA” . proeibandes
64,438
31,667 men; 32,771 women. 2002 census. Data for within Guatemala.
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge
This speaker number is for Guatemala. "also a few thousand in Mexico" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:199).