Triqui, Copala

TRC

developing

Alternate Names: Copala Trique, Triqui Bajo, Triqui de San Juan Copala

Dialects: 56% intelligibility of Chicahuaxtla ,. Considerable internal linguistic variation, though not well-defined subdialects.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Trique

Demographics: 25,000 in Mexico (2007 SIL). Population total all countries: 30,000.

Language Use: Considerable language loss in youth who grow up in the dispersion.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1987.

Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico