| Lencan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Honduras, El Salvador |
| Ethnicity | Lenca people |
| Extinct | No speakers could be located in 1974.[1] |
Lencan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | lenc1242 |
| ELP | Honduran Lenca |
Honduran Lenca is a poorly attested language that was spoken with minor dialect differences in Intibuca, Opatoro, Guajiquiro (Huajiquiro), Similatón (modern Cabañas), and Santa Elena. The name can be misleading; although primarily spoken in Honduras, it was also spoken in El Salvador close to the Honduran border. It is distantly related to Salvadoran Lenca.
Honduran Lenca can be divided into four dialects: western (Intibuca), central (Santa Elena, Chinacla), eastern (Guajiquiro, Opatoro), and southern (Similaton).[2]
- ^ Campbell, Lyle; Chapman, Anne; Dakin, Karen (1978). "Honduran Lenca". International Journal of American Linguistics. 44 (4): 330–332. doi:10.1086/465560. JSTOR 1264286.
- ^ http://tushik.org/wp-content/uploads/Lenca-for-Linguists.pdf