Lacandon

LAC

developing

Alternate Names: Lacandón

Dialects: Lacanjá, Najá.

Genealogy:

Mayan
Yucatecan-Core Mayan
Yucatecan
Yucatec-Lacandon

Demographics: 560 (2000 INALI). Ethnic population: 1,000 (2000).

Language Use: All ages. Also use Chol [ctu], Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1978.

Typology: SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico