Copala Triqui Explained

Copala
Familycolor:	American
Iso3:	trc
Glotto:	copa1237
Glottorefname:	Copala Triqui
Speakers:	30,000
Date:	2007
Ref:	e25
Nativename:	xnaꞌánj nu̱ꞌ
States:	Oaxaca, Mexico
Script:	Latin script
Fam1:	Oto-Manguean
Fam2:	Mixtecan
Fam3:	Trique

Copala Triqui is a Trique language primarily spoken in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.^[1] A 2007 estimate by SIL International placed the number of Copala Triqui speakers at 25,000 in Mexico.^[2]

Geographic distribution

Greenfield, California

Immigrants from Oaxaca have formed a large Copala Triqui speaking community in the city of Greenfield, California.^[3] A bi-monthly Triqui language class was piloted at the Greenfield Public Library in 2010.^[4]

External links

Gramática Popular del Triqui de Copala

Notes and References

1. Web site: Triqui of San Juan Copala SIL Mexico. www.mexico.sil.org. 2019-09-06.
2. Web site: Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales .
3. Web site: Inflectional Change in Copala Triqui*. Broadwell. George Aaron. Jan 5, 2017. lingdomain. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190906043447/http://www.lingdomain.org/uploads/2/4/8/4/24841606/inflectionalchangect.pdf . 2019-09-06 .
4. Web site: Native speakers and local missionaries work to save an indigenous Mexican language.. Rubin. Sara. Monterey County Weekly. en. 2019-09-06.