| (documentation LencaLanguage EnglishLanguage "The LencaLanguage is a language of unknown classification from Honduras. SIL code: LEN. ISO 639-2: cai. Population: Only a few speakers out of 100,000 or more ethnic population (1993 Ramon D. Rivas). Region: La Paz, Intibuca, Lempira, Comayagua, Santa Barbara, Valle and Francisco Morozan departments. Also spoken in El Salvador. Comments: Some consider it to be Macro-Chibchan. The dialect in El Salvador is different from Honduras. Bilingualism in Spanish. Nearly extinct. Also spoken in: El Salvador. (Language name: LENCA.) Population: (36,858 in ethnic group in El Salvador, 1987, or .6% of the population, 1982 Barrett). Comments: A different dialect of Lenca is in Honduras. Some classify this as Macro-Chibchan. Bilingualism in Spanish. Nearly extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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