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Chiquimulilla Xinca

extinct Xincan language of Guatemala

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ25339627 ↗
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Chiquimulilla Xinca is an extinct Xincan language of Guatemala, from the region of Chiquimulilla.

History

Chiquimulilla Xinca was formerly spoken by Xinca people on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. The language suffered a sharp decline in speakers during the 20th century. As of 2010 the language is extinct but there are elderly people who remember the language.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

The Xincan languages all have 6 vowels.

References

Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.

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This entry incorporates text from “Chiquimulilla Xinca” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.