Salvadoran Lenca
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| Lencan | |
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| Native to | El Salvador |
| Ethnicity | Lenca people |
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Native speakers
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1 (2012)[1] |
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Lencan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | lenc1243[2] |
Salvadoran Lenca was spoken in Chilanga and Potó. Lencans had arrived in El Salvador about 2,000 years B.P. and founded the site of Quelepa. One speaker remains in Poto.
Lenca Potón
As of 2012, Mario Salvador Hernández of Guatajiagua is the last speaker of Lenca Potón, which differs from the version spoken in Chilanga, where the language has disappeared. Research in 2004 by the University of Central America recorded 380 words, five vowels and 16 consonants, alternation between “g” and “k”, with reduplication to create plurals from singular forms.[1]
References
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- Campbell, Lyle. 1976. "The Last Lenca". International Journal of American Linguistics 42(1): 73–78.
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