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Lenca
Lenca at a market in La Esperanza, Honduras
Total population
453,670
Regions with significant populations
Lenca HondurasEstimated 360,611 60% of Tribal Hondurans
Lenca El SalvadorEstimated 89,389
Languages
Honduran Spanish • Salvadoran Spanish • Lenca language
Religion
Roman Catholic, Sovereign Tribal Customs
Related ethnic groups
Pipil (Nahua), Cacaopera, Xinca, Chibcha

The Lenca, also known as Lepa Wiran, meaning “Jaguar People” or “People of The Jaguar” are an Indigenous people from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They historically spoke various dialects of the Lencan languages such as Chilanga, Putun (Potón), and Kotik, but today are native speakers of Spanish. In Honduras, the Lenca are the largest tribal group, with an estimated population of more than 450,000.[1]

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Lenca

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Salvadoran Lenca

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Honduran Lenca

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survived, Salvadoran Lenca or Potón and Honduran Lenca, which were described and studied academically; Of them, only Salvadoran Lenca still has current speakers...

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Studio Lenca

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El Salvador

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the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Lenca (after 600 AD), the Mayans, and then the Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments...

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Spanish conquest of Honduras

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the Intermediate Area to the southeast. Indigenous groups included Maya, Lenca, Pech, Miskitu, Mayangna (Sumu), Jicaque, Pipil and Chorotega. Two indigenous...

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Indigenous peoples of Honduras

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Lithobates lenca

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Salvadorans

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the regions of Lenca occupation, Lenca pottery is a very distinguishable form of Pre-Columbian art. Handcrafted by Lenca women, Lenca pottery is considered...

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Culture of Honduras

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Languages of Honduras

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were spoken before the Spanish conquest. The language most spoken was the Lenca language; after the conquest, the most spoken language became Castilian...

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Lencan mythology

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Lenca mythology is the set of religious and mythological beliefs of the Lenca people from Honduras and El Salvador, before and after the conquest of America...

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Culture of El Salvador

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Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture (Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American...

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Honduras

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the Pre-Columbian era itself and represent extremely diverse areas. The Lenca people of the interior highlands are also generally considered to be culturally...

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Hondurans

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population descended from different ethnic groups." 1 Among these are: Los Lencas, Payas, Chorotegas, Xicaques, Chortis, just to mention a few. All of these...

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America Ferrera

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to the United States in the mid-1970s. Ferrera has stated that she has Lenca ancestry. Her mother worked as the director of the housekeeping staff for...

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Cephalotes lenca

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Cephalotes lenca is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering...

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J Balvin

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Honduran folklore

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