ISO 639-3 · caacaa
Central American Indian languages family
Ch’orti’
Ch'orti'
Ch’orti’ is a language of the Mayan branch (Central American Indian languages), spoken in Guatemala and Honduras. Wikidata counts about 30,000 speakers (1990). Wikidata describes it as “Mayan language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
caa- Glottocode
chor1273- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ch’orti’ · Ch'orti' |
|---|---|
| Also called | Chortí, Chorti, Ch'orti', Ch’orti’ language |
| All speakers | 30,000 (1990) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Central American Indian languages to Ch’orti’
The branches above Ch’orti’, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Guatemala
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