Xincan languages
E602964
Xincan languages are an extinct or nearly extinct group of indigenous languages once spoken in southeastern Guatemala, notable for being a small, isolate family unrelated to the major Mesoamerican language groups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xincan languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous languages of the Americas
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealFeature | not part of major Mesoamerican language families ⓘ |
| colonialDocumentationLanguage | Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | Xinca cultural identity ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Chibchan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ Nahuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Xinca people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Xinca language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xinka languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | xinc1246 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-5Code | xin ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Chiquimulilla Xinca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guazacapán Xinca NERFINISHED ⓘ Jumaytepeque Xinca NERFINISHED ⓘ Xinca NERFINISHED ⓘ Yupiltepeque Xinca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
contact influence from Mayan languages
ⓘ
lexical borrowing from Spanish ⓘ limited documentation ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearcher |
Lyle Campbell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nora C. England NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrence Kaufman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative morphology (proposed)
ⓘ
verb–initial word order (proposed) ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticFeature | complex verbal morphology (proposed) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive glottalization (reconstructed/proposed) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | very few elderly speakers ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Pacific piedmont of Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
departments of Santa Rosa and Jutiapa ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mesoamerican linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | language isolate family ⓘ |
| languageIsolateStatus | unrelated to other known language families ⓘ |
| linguisticClassificationStatus | unclassified beyond being a small family ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Guatemala ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort | community-based language revival projects in Guatemala ⓘ |
| spokenInThePast | pre-Columbian Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| status | extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
American indigenous language families
ⓘ
Mesoamerican languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | attested since colonial period ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.