Lacandon language: Difference between revisions

Lacandon
Lacandon
Jach-tʼaan
Pronunciation	[xatʃ tʼaːn]
Native to	Mexico
Region	Chiapas
Ethnicity	1,000 Lacandon people (2000)
Native speakers	770 (2020 census)
Language family	Mayan Yucatecan Yucatec–Lacandon Lacandon; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lac
Glottolog	laca1243
ELP	Lacandon

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 10:11, 18 May 2024

A Lacandon language speaker in Mexico.

Lacandon (Jach-tʼaan in the revised orthography of the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas)^[2] is a Mayan language spoken by all of the 1,000 Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico.^[3] Within Chiapas, Lacandon is spoken in Betel, Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, and Najá.^[1]

Native Lacandon speakers refer to their language as Jach tʼaan or Hach tʼan. Most Lacandon people speak Lacandon Maya. Most also speak Spanish.

Phonology[edit]

The following tables list the standard phonemes of the Lacandon language.

Consonants[edit]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Laryngeal
Nasal		m [m]	n [n]
Plosive	aspirated	p [pʰ]	t [tʰ]		k [kʰ]	7 [ʔ]
	ejective	pʼ [pʼ]	tʼ [tʼ]		kʼ [kʼ]
	implosive	bʼ [ɓ]
Affricate	aspirated		tz [tsʰ]	ch [tʃʰ]
Affricate	ejective		tzʼ [tsʼ]	chʼ [tʃʼ]
Fricative			s [s]	x [ʃ]		h [ʜ]
Approximant			l [l]	y [j]	w [ʋ]
Flap			r [ɾ]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Lacandon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI). "Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas - lacandón". Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
^ INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales

[e25-1] Lacandon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI). "Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas - lacandón". Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

[INALI-3] INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 [[File:WIKITONGUES- Ross speaking Lacandon.webm|thumb|A Lacandon language speaker in Mexico.]]
-'''Lacandon''' (''Jach-tʼaan'' in the revised [[orthography]] of the ''[[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inali.gob.mx/catalogo2007/html/v_lacandon.html|title=Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas - lacandón|author=[[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas]] (INALI)|access-date=2009-06-22|archive-date=2010-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826172038/http://www.inali.gob.mx/catalogo2007/html/v_lacandon.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a [[Mayan language]] spoken by all of the 1,000 [[Lacandon people]] in the state of [[Chiapas]] in [[Mexico]].{{#tag:ref|[[INALI]] (2012) [http://site.inali.gob.mx/pdf/libro_lenguas_indigenas_nacionales_en_riesgo_de_desaparicion.pdf ''México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales]''|name=INALI}} Within [[Chiapas]], Lacandon is spoken in [[Betel]], Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, and [[Naha, Chiapas|Najá]].<ref name=e25/>
+'''Lacandon''' (''Jach-tʼaan'' in the revised [[orthography]] of the ''[[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inali.gob.mx/catalogo2007/html/v_lacandon.html|title=Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas - lacandón|author=[[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas]] (INALI)|access-date=2009-06-22|archive-date=2010-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826172038/http://www.inali.gob.mx/catalogo2007/html/v_lacandon.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a [[Mayan language]] spoken by all of the 1,000 [[Lacandon people]] in the state of [[Chiapas]] in [[Mexico]].{{#tag:ref|[[INALI]] (2012) [http://site.inali.gob.mx/pdf/libro_lenguas_indigenas_nacionales_en_riesgo_de_desaparicion.pdf ''México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales'']|name=INALI}} Within [[Chiapas]], Lacandon is spoken in [[Betel]], Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, and [[Naha, Chiapas|Najá]].<ref name=e25/>
 Native Lacandon speakers refer to their language as ''Jach tʼaan'' or ''Hach tʼan''. Most Lacandon people speak Lacandon Maya. Most also speak Spanish.