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1 (National)
Spanish
[spa]
1 (National). Statutory national language (1982, Constitution, Article 6). 9,245,000 in Honduras, all users. L1 users: 9,130,000 in Honduras (Instituto Cervantes 2017). L2 users: 115,000 (Instituto Cervantes 2017).
5 (Dispersed)
English
[eng]
5* (Dispersed). 9,000 in Honduras (2015 J. Leclerc). Also 13,000 speakers of Bay Island Creole English (2015 J. Leclerc).
5 (Developing)
Garifuna
[cab]
5* (Developing). 98,000 in Honduras (Rivas 1993). 100 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 43,100 (2013 census). Total users in all countries: 174,300.
Honduran Sign Language
[hds]
5 (Developing). 40,000 (2019). Estimated 30,000–50,000 based on 0.3%–0.5% of the general population.
Mayangna
[yan]
5 (Developing). 700 in Honduras (1997 SIL). Ethnic population: 2,690 (2013 census).
Mískito
[miq]
5 (Developing). 29,000 in Honduras (Rivas 1993). Ethnic population: 80,000 (2013 census).
7 (Shifting)
Tol
[jic]
7 (Shifting). 300 (Yasugi 2007). Ethnic population: 19,000 (2013 census).
8a (Moribund)
Pech
[pay]
8a (Moribund). 300 (Yasugi 2007). Ethnic population: 6,020 (2013 census).
9 (Dormant)
Ch’orti’
[caa]
9 (Dormant). No known L1 speakers in Honduras. Ethnic population: 33,300 (2013 census).
Lenca
[len]
9 (Dormant). No known L1 speakers. Last fluent speaker probably died by the 1970s (Campbell et al 1978). Some semi-speakers (Adelaar 2007). Ethnic population: 454,000 (2013 census).
Unestablished
Arabic
[ara]
Unestablished. 42,000 in Honduras. Population total all languages: 2,495,380.
Armenian, Western
[hyw]
Unestablished. 1,300 in Honduras (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).
Chinese, Yue
[yue]
Unestablished. 1,000 in Honduras (1999).