Lenca
A language of Honduras
| Population | Only a few in Honduras (Rivas 1993). Ethnic population: 100,000. |
| Region | La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira, Comayagua, Santa Bárbara, Valle and Francisco Morozan departments. Also in El Salvador. |
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El Salvador and Honduras |
| Dialects | Some consider it Macro-Chibchan. The dialect in El Salvador is different from Honduras. |
| Classification | Unclassified |
| Language use | Shifting to Spanish. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
Also spoken in:
El Salvador
| Language name | Lenca |
| Population | Ethnic population: 36,858 in El Salvador (1987). |
| Region | Town of Chilango. |
| Language map |
El Salvador and Honduras |
| Language use | Shifting to Spanish. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
CALDERON, Monica V. T.; GUTIERREZ, Rosibel, authors. 1992. Language differences in Latin America.
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