Xinca language

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שפת זינקה
Name (Latin)
Xinca language
Name (Arabic)
لغة شينكا
Other forms of name
Ikomagi language
Jinca language
Shinca language
Sinca language
Xincan language
Szinca language
Xinka language
See Also From tracing topical name
Chibchan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Guatemala
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1546494
Library of congress: sh 85148830
Sources of Information
  • Cyrus, T. Ind. langs. Mex.:p. 73 (Xinca (Xincan, Jinca) Guatemala)
  • Ethnologue:p. 65 (Guatemala)
  • Swanton Ind. tribes:p. 641 (Guatemala. Zoguean)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 113 (Xinca (Sinca, Shinca, Jinca, Ikomagi) Guatemala, Chibchan)
  • Zisa, C. Am. Ind. lang.:p. 24 (Xinca (Xincan) Chibchan)

Wikipedia description:

Xinca (or Xinka, Sinca, or Szinca) is a small extinct family of Mesoamerican languages; formerly, the language was regarded as a single language isolate. Xinca was once spoken by the Indigenous Xinca people in southeastern Guatemala, parts of El Salvador, and Honduras. They have also historically been referred to as Popoluca or Popoluca-Xinca; Popoluca being a Nahuatl term for unintelligible speech.

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