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

BAER, Mary; BAER, Phillip, authors. 1948. "The Lacandon song of the jaguar."

BAER, Mary; BAER, Phillip, authors. 1949. "Notes on Lacandon marriage."

BAER, Mary; BAER, Phillip, authors. 1952. Materials on Lacandon culture of the Pethá (Pelhá) region.

BAER, Mary; BAER, Phillip, authors. 1959. "Testing the fire-god’s prowess: a Lacandone sacred narrative."

BAER, Mary; BAER, Phillip, authors. 1969. "The discovery of Bonampak: The Lacandone view."

BAER, Phillip; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1967. "Restatement of the pronominal series in Maya (Lacandon)."

BAER, Phillip; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1969. "Report on Lacandone research."

BAER, Phillip; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1971. Two studies on the Lacandones of Mexico.

BAER, Phillip; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors; VIQUEIRA, Carmen, translator. 1972. Los Lacandones de México, Dos estudios.

Vernacular Publications

Barum yeter tsimin. 1974.  

Bon yʌn ti:. 1951.  

Caj tin yʌn ira barum uch. 1974.  

Cartilla del lacandón. 1977.  

Mʌnʌʼ u nej tsimin. 1974.  

Quin bin México. 1974.  

Tsꞌib tih a wirik juhun. 1955.  

Xok 123: 2. 1954.  

Xok 123: 3. 1954.