Guazacapán Xinka

Xinkan languages are currently represented by only 3 people, all of whom are second language users [semispeakers] of the language. (Rogers 2010:1) Xinkan is a language family with four members: Guazacapán Xinka, Chiquimulilla Xinka, Jumaytepeque Xinka, and Yupiltepeque Xinka. Two of the four are extinct; the other two have only 3 elderly second language semi-speakers (Rogers 2010:3). Despite the very significant differences among these languages, and lack of mutual intelligibility, "Xinkan" is often talked of as though it were only a single language. For example, Ethnologue (2013) gives only a single "Xinca" [xin] language, with no known L1 speakers.