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Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

563

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

16.706,-91.0641

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Mexico

Coordinates

20.055931,-89.58252

Location description

CHIAPAS: Ocosingo: Bethel, Bonampak, Lacanjá Chansayab, Maeva, Nahá, Ojo de Agua [Ojo de Agua Chankín], Puerto Bello Metzabok [Metzabok], San Javier, San Quintín.

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CHIAPAS: Ocosingo: Bethel, Bonampak, Lacanjá Chansayab, Maeva, Nahá, Ojo de Agua [Ojo de Agua Chankín], Puerto Bello Metzabok [Metzabok], San Javier, San Quintín.

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000

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1,000

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178 monolinguals (1942). Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2000).

Year of info

2009

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Mexico;

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Mexico

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17.02, -91.42

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2005

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17.0,-91.5

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  3. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  4. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  5. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  6. Glottolog
    "Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
    http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/
  7. Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales: Variantes lingüísticas de México con sus autodenominaciones y referencias geoestadísticas
    Instituto Nacional de las Lenguas Indígena (INALI). 2009. "Catálogo De Las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales: Variantes Lingüísticas De México Con Sus Autodenominaciones Y Referencias Geoestadísticas." Online: http://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/html/v_lacandon.html.
    http://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/html/v_lacandon.html
  8. Gramática del Lacandón
    Bruce, Roberto D. 1968. "Gramática Del Lacandón." Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
  9. Gramática del lacandón
    Bruce, Roberto. 1968. "Gramática Del Lacandón." Instituto Nacional de Antropologı.