Lencan languages
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The Lencan languages are an extinct or nearly extinct small family of indigenous languages once spoken in parts of Honduras and El Salvador in Central America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lencan languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Lencan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Lenca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | unclassified beyond Lencan family ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
El Salvador
ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ |
| culturalRole | traditional language of the Lenca people ⓘ |
| currentUse | possibly a few semi-speakers or rememberers ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| era |
colonial era
ⓘ
modern era (remnant use) ⓘ pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Lenca people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| familySize | small language family ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | language isolate family (no proven relatives) ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
eastern El Salvador
ⓘ
southwestern Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Honduran Lenca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salvadoran Lenca ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Chilanga Lenca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honduran Lenca ⓘ |
| languageContact |
Spanish language
ⓘ
other Mesoamerican languages ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Spanish ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | Mesoamerican indigenous languages ⓘ |
| region | Central America ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
indigenous peoples of El Salvador
ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Honduras ⓘ |
| status | extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem | primarily oral tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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