Copala Triqui
Copala | |
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xnaꞌánj nu̱ꞌ | |
![]() Presentation in Copala Triqui at the fifth Fiesta de las Culturas Indígenas Pueblos y Barrios Originarios | |
Native to | Oaxaca, Mexico |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2007)[1] |
Latin script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | trc |
Glottolog | copa1237 |
Copala Triqui (Spanish: Triqui de Copala) is a Trique language primarily spoken in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.[2] A 2007 estimate by SIL International placed the number of Copala Triqui speakers at 25,000 in Mexico.[1][3]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Greenfield, California
[edit]Immigrants from Oaxaca have formed a large Copala Triqui speaking community in the city of Greenfield, California.[4] A bi-monthly Triqui language class was piloted at the Greenfield Public Library in 2010.[5]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Copala at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Triqui of San Juan Copala | SIL Mexico". www.mexico.sil.org. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
- ^ "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales".
- ^ Broadwell, George Aaron (Jan 5, 2017). "Inflectional Change in Copala Triqui*" (PDF). lingdomain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-09-06.
- ^ Rubin, Sara. "Native speakers and local missionaries work to save an indigenous Mexican language". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 2019-09-06.