Lacandon language
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Lacandon (Jach-tʼaan in the revised orthography of the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas)[1] is a Mayan language spoken by all of the 1,000 Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico.[2] Within Chiapas, Lacandon is spoken in Betel, Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, and Najá.[3]
Native Lacandon speakers refer to their language as Jach tʼaan or Hach tʼan. Most Lacandon people speak Lacandon Maya. Most also speak Spanish.
Phonology
The following tables list the standard phonemes of the Lacandon language.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m Template:IPAblink | n Template:IPAblink | ||||
| Plosive | aspiratedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | p Template:IPAblink | t Template:IPAblink | k Template:IPAblink | 7 Template:IPAblink | |
| ejectiveScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | pʼ Template:IPAblink | tʼ Template:IPAblink | kʼ Template:IPAblink | |||
| implosiveScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | bʼ Template:IPAblink | |||||
| Affricate | aspiratedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | tz Template:IPAblink | ch Template:IPAblink | |||
| ejectiveScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | tzʼ Template:IPAblink | chʼ Template:IPAblink | ||||
| Fricative | s Template:IPAblink | x Template:IPAblink | h Template:IPAblink | |||
| Approximant | w Template:IPAblink | l Template:IPAblink | y Template:IPAblink | |||
| Flap | r Template:IPAblink | |||||
References
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- ↑ INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales
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