Data gathered by the Latin Union, engaged to promote the cultural heritages of their 37 state members.

Data on Chuj

Alternative names: Chapai, Chuh, Chuhe, Chuje, Koti’

Classification: Mayan, Chuj

Area: Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas)

Number of speakers:

1,796, INALI figures

Language status: No official status

Vitality & transmission: Considered by the UNESCO as “vulnerable” in Guatemala, “seriously endangered” in Mexico.

Sources, additional bibliography & links for more information

Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas – INALI (2005), Catálogo de lenguas indígenas mexicanas: Cartografía contemporánea de sus asentamientos históricos

LECLERC, Jacques. « Les langues mayas » in L’aménagement linguistique dans le monde, Québec, TLFQ, Université de Laval : [http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/AXL/amsudant/Mayas_langues.htm]

Database & language typlogy :

http://www.unicaen.fr/typo_langues/consultation_langue.php?code_SIL=CNM&langue=Chuj,%20Ixtat%C3%A1n&malang=fr

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