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Xincan languages information


Xincan
Ethnicity16,200 Xinca people (2003 census)
Geographic
distribution
Guatemala
Extinct1970s. (Semi-speakers into the 2000s.)
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions
  • Yupiltepeque †
  • Jumaytepeque †
  • Chiquimulilla †
  • Guazacapán †
  • Sinacantán †
ISO 639-3xin
Glottologxinc1237
Geographic distribution of the Xincan languages. Solid blue is the recorded range, transparent is the range attested by toponyms.

Xinca (or Xinka, Sinca, or Szinca) is a small extinct family of Mesoamerican languages, formerly regarded as a single language isolate, once spoken by the indigenous Xinca people in southeastern Guatemala, much of El Salvador, and parts of Honduras.

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