Mocho
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Motocintleco, Motozintleco, Qato’k
Population
140 (2000 INALI). No monolinguals.
Location
Chiapas, on Guatemala-Mexico border, Tuzantán and Motozintla.
Language Maps
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Dialects
Motozintleco, Tuzanteco (Muchu’). Not intelligible of Mam varieties (1973 SIL). Tuzanteco and Mocho are 2 distinct dialects of the same language (Kaufman 1967).
Language Use
Home only. Mainly older adults. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten.