Ch'orti'

Facts

  • Language: Ch'orti'
  • Alternate names: Chorti, Chortí, Apay, Ch'orti, Ch'ortí
  • Language code: caa
  • Language family: Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Core Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Cholan, Chorti-Cholti (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 9,105
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Not the same as the extinct language called Choltí, formerly spoken in the Quiriguá and Izabal area. Nearly extinct in Honduras.

    Ch'orti' is spoken in Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean.