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Jumaytepeque language

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Jumaytepeque
Native toGuatemala
RegionVolcán Jumaytepeque
EthnicityXinca people
Native speakers
(moribund or extinct cited 1997)[1]
Xincan
  • Jumaytepeque
Language codes
ISO 639-3(covered by Xinca xin)
qhq Jumaytepegue
Glottologxink1235
ELPJumaytepeque Xinka

Jumaytepeque is an extinct Xincan language of Guatemala that was spoken in the region of Jumaytepeque. It was discovered by Lyle Campbell in the 1970s.

References

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  1. ^ Campbell 1997:166
  • Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.