Mochó
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Mochó is an indigenous Mayan language spoken by a small community in Chiapas, Mexico, and considered highly endangered.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mochoʼ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Motozintlec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mam
ⓘ
Tektiteko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfficialStatus | not an official language of Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | Mayan civilization ⓘ |
| dominantContactLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mochó people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | southern Chiapas ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
grammatical descriptions
ⓘ
lexical materials ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | moch1259 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Mocho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | mhc ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Mam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ Tojolabal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive tone absent
ⓘ
glottalized consonants present ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Mamean ⓘ |
| languageContactWith | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| languageStatusSource |
Ethnologue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few speakers ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | verb–object–subject ⓘ |
| region | Sierra Madre de Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
community-based language teaching
ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Mochó people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Motozintla de Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInState | Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Mayan ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| usedInDomain | home and community communication ⓘ |
| usedLessInDomain |
education
ⓘ
mass media ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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