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Lacandon

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: lac

Population	1,000 (2000 SIL). 178 monolinguals (1942). Ethnic population: 1,000 (2000).
Region	Southeast Chiapas, Najá, Lacanjá San Quintín, Metzaboc, Betel, Lake Metzaboc.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 134
Dialects	Lacanjá, Najá.
Classification	Mayan, Yucatecan, Yucatec-Lacandon
Language use	All ages. Also use a Chol variety or Spanish.
Language development	Dictionary. NT: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Baer, Mary and Phillip Baer. 1959. "Testing the fire-god’s prowess: a Lacandone sacred narrative."

Baer, Mary. 1970. "The rabbit and the mountain lion: a Lacandon myth."

Baer, Phillip and Mary Baer. 1948. "The Lacandon song of the jaguar."

Baer, Phillip and Mary Baer. 1949. "Notes on Lacandon marriage."

Baer, Phillip and Mary Baer. 1952. Materials on Lacandon culture of the Pethá (Pelhá) region.

Baer, Phillip and Mary Baer. 1969. "The discovery of Bonampak: The Lacandone view."

Baer, Phillip and William R. Merrifield. 1967. "Restatement of the pronominal series in Maya (Lacandon)."

Baer, Phillip and William R. Merrifield. 1969. "Report on Lacandone research."

Baer, Phillip and William R. Merrifield. 1971. Two studies on the Lacandones of Mexico.

Baer, Phillip and William R. Merrifield. 1972. Los lacandones de México: Dos estudios.