Ethnologue

Lacandon

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Lacandón, Lakantún

Autonym

Jach-t’aan

Population

600 (2015 S. Cook). Ethnic population: 1,000 (2000).

Location

Chiapas state: Betel, Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, Najá.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Lacanjá, Najá.

Typology

SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Chol [ctu], Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1978.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].