Chʼortiʼ language
Mayan language spoken in Central America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chʼortiʼ language (sometimes also Chorti) is a Mayan language, spoken by the indigenous Maya people who are also known as the Chʼortiʼ or Chʼortiʼ Maya. Chʼortiʼ is a direct descendant of the Classic Maya language in which many of the pre-Columbian inscriptions using the Maya script were written.[2] Chʼortiʼ is the modern version of the ancient Mayan language Chʼolan (which was actively used and most popular between the years of A.D 250 and 850).[2]
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Chʼortiʼ | |
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Native to | Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador |
Region | Copán |
Ethnicity | Chʼortiʼ |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2000)[1] |
Early form | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | caa |
Glottolog | chor1273 |
ELP | Ch'orti' |
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