Xinca people
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The Xinka, or Xinca, are a non-Mayan indigenous people of Mesoamerica, with communities in the southern portion of Guatemala, near its border with El Salvador, and in the mountainous region to the north.
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264,167 [1] | |
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Guatemala | 264,167 |
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Spanish, formerly Xincan languages |
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Their languages (the Xincan languages) are not known to be related to any other language family,[2] although they have many loan words from Mayan languages.[3]
The Xinka may have been among the earliest inhabitants of southeastern Guatemala, predating the arrival of the Maya and the Pipil.[2]