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Data collected by UNICEF<\/em><\/p>\n

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Data on the Mopan language<\/h5>\n

Alternative names<\/strong>: Mop\u00e0n Maya<\/p>\n

Main dialects<\/strong>: We have no data regarding possible Mopan variants.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/strong>: Mayan language family<\/a>, Yukatekan branch<\/p>\n

Geographic area<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Belize: in the districts of Cayo, Stann Creek and especially Toledo; in the southern half of the country.<\/p>\n

Guatemala: in the department of Pet\u00e9n, municipalities of Dolores, San Luis, Melchor de Mencos, and Popt\u00fan.<\/p>\n

Number of speakers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In Belize, the 2000 census accounts for a Mopan population of 8,980, a very large majority of which was believed to speak the language. According to the same census, 6,676 people declared Mopan was their mother tongue.<\/p>\n

In Guatemala, the 2002 census accounts for a Mopan population of 2,891. The number of Mopan mother tongue speakers reached 2,455, according to the same census.<\/p>\n

Language status<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The language has no official status in Belize.<\/p>\n

According to Linguam\u00f3n<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Legally recognised in Guatemala.Guatemala’s constitution identifies Spanish as the country’s official language and states that its ‘vernaculars’ are part of its cultural heritage. A number of initiatives have been carried out in recent years (such as the introduction of the Ley de Idiomas Nacionales<\/em> or National Language Law in 2003) to protect and promote the use of the languages of the Maya, Garifuna and Xinca peoples.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Mopan figures among languages that are being standardized, protected and promoted by the Academy of Mayan Languages of Guatemala<\/a>, an independent state organization created in 1990.<\/p>\n

Vitality & Transmission<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

UNESCO considers Mopan to be \u00ab\u00a0severely endangered\u00a0\u00bb (3rd level on a scale of 5), both in Belize and in Guatemala.<\/p>\n

In Guatemala, the language is losing momentum in the younger generations who tend to give it up for Spanish. The chances are that they will not ensure transmission of the language.<\/p>\n

As for Belize, sociolinguistic data on the language is scarce. Two thirds of the speakers still use it in the family circle, but the unusual sociolinguistic context of Belize has made all speakers at least bilingual, and most of them tri or quadrilingual (English, Belizean Creole, Spanish). Mopan does not have a positive representation in Belize, and unlike in Guatemala, nothing is done to promote the language.<\/p>\n

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Sources<\/h5>\n

D\u00edaz Couder Ernesto (2010). \u00ab\u00a0Belice\u00a0\u00bb In \u00ab\u00a0Atlas socioling\u00fc\u00edstico de pueblos ind\u00edgenas en Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/a> \u00bb, UNICEF. Tome 2, pp 875-888.<\/p>\n

Verdugo, Luc\u00eda. 2010. \u00ab\u00a0Guatemala\u00a0\u00bb. In \u00ab\u00a0Atlas socioling\u00fc\u00edstico de pueblos ind\u00edgenas en Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/a> \u00bb, UNICEF. Tome 2, pp 852- 888.<\/p>\n

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Online sources<\/h5>\n

Page devoted to Mopan on the Linguam\u00f3n<\/em> website<\/a><\/p>\n

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Additional bibliography<\/h5>\n

GRINEVALD, C. 2007 \u00abEndangered Languages of Mexico and Central America\u00bb, in Brenzinger, M. (\u00e9d.), Language Diversity Endangered<\/em>, Trends in Linguistics, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin-New York.<\/p>\n

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Please visit the Atlas socioling\u00fc\u00edstico de pueblos ind\u00edgenas en Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/a><\/em> for a more comprehensive bibliography.<\/p>\n

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