Lacandon language

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]

Lacandon
Jach-tʼaan
Pronunciation[xatʃ tʼaːn]
Native toMexico
RegionChiapas
Ethnicity1,000 Lacandon people (2000)
Native speakers
770 (2020 census)[1]
Mayan
Language codes
ISO 639-3lac
Glottologlaca1243
ELPLacandon

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

Phonology

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

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Laryngeal
Nasal m [m] n [n]
Plosive aspirated p [pʰ]1 t [tʰ] k [kʰ] 7 [ʔ]
ejective pʼ [pʼ] tʼ [tʼ] kʼ [kʼ]
implosive bʼ [ɓ]
Affricate aspirated tz [tsʰ] ch [tʃʰ]
ejective tzʼ [tsʼ] chʼ [tʃʼ]
Fricative s [s] x [ʃ] h [ʜ]
Approximant l [l] y [j] w [ʋ]
Flap r [ɾ]

References
  1. Lacandon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  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.
  3. INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales
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