Lacandon language

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A Lacandon language speaker in Mexico.

Lacandon (Jach-tʼaan in the revised orthography of the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a Mayan language spoken by all of the 1,000 Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico.<ref name="INALI">INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales</ref> Within Chiapas, Lacandon is spoken in Betel, Lacanjá San Quintín, Lake Metzaboc, Metzaboc, and Najá.<ref name=e25/>

Native Lacandon speakers refer to their language as Jach tʼaan or Hach tʼan. Most Lacandon people speak Lacandon Maya. Most also speak Spanish.

Phonology

The following tables list the standard phonemes of the Lacandon language.

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Laryngeal
Nasal		m Template:IPAblink	n Template:IPAblink
Plosive	Template:Small	p Template:IPAblink	t Template:IPAblink		k Template:IPAblink	7 Template:IPAblink
	Template:Small	pʼ Template:IPAblink	tʼ Template:IPAblink		kʼ Template:IPAblink
	Template:Small	bʼ Template:IPAblink
Affricate	Template:Small		tz Template:IPAblink	ch Template:IPAblink
	Template:Small		tzʼ Template:IPAblink	chʼ Template:IPAblink
Fricative			s Template:IPAblink	x Template:IPAblink		h Template:IPAblink
Approximant		w Template:IPAblink	l Template:IPAblink	y Template:IPAblink
Flap			r Template:IPAblink

References

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