dialects of the Lencan languages such as Chilanga, Putun (Potón), and Kotik, but today are native speakers of Spanish. In Honduras, the Lenca are the largest...

beginning of the 20th century, only two languages of the family survived, Salvadoran Lenca or Potón and Honduran Lenca, which were described and studied academically;...

Salvadoran Lenca or Potón is a language of the linguistic family of the Lenca languages spoken in El Salvador; and of which two dialects have been described:...

Lardé y Larín argues that the name Lempira derived from words of the Lenca language: lempa, meaning "lord" as a title of hierarchy, i meaning "of", and...

The language most spoken was the Lenca language; after the conquest, the most spoken language became Castilian. By far the most widely spoken language in...

Honduran Lenca is a poorly attested language that was spoken with minor dialect differences in Intibuca, Opatoro, Guajiquiro (Huajiquiro), Similatón (modern...

American indigenous Salvadoran Lenca language, means (Flying Jaguar). According to historians, the volcano was settled by the Lenca civilization, who worshipped...

Lenca may refer to: Lenca people, an indigenous people and their historical culture of western Honduras and El Salvador Lenca language, indigenous language(s)...

de los sentidos, chronicles the adventures of the "Searcher for the Lenca Language." "Beatriz Cortez ¿Dónde están los indígenas? La identidad nacional...

Studio Lenca is a UK based contemporary artist from El Salvador. He was born in La Paz. Studio Lenca, also known as Jose Campos, was born in La Paz El...

Cuna-Cueva, Guaymi-Dorasque, Talamanca, Rama-Guatuso Misumalpan, Paya, Xinca, Lenca Shiriana Paezan Choco, Cuaiquer, Andaki, Paez-Coconuco, Colorado-Cayapa...

aguas ("box of water(s)") in the local, but now extinct, indigenous Lenca language. Celaque's nine rivers supplies water to 120 villages nearby including...

transcription delimiters. The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are directly descended from Vulgar...

Chibchan languages has been identified. A larger family called Macro-Chibchan, which would contain the Misumalpan languages, Xinca, and Lenca, was found...

the people of Los Naranjos spoke Lenca, a language that is indigenous to Honduras and El Salvador. The Lenca language is nearly extinct in modern times...

placed in Chibchan proper) Xinca Lenca Notable early classifications of classifications of indigenous South American language families include those by Filippo...

the regions of Lenca occupation, Lenca pottery is a very distinguishable form of Pre-Columbian art. Handcrafted by Lenca women, Lenca pottery is considered...

Honduras : Lenca, Miskitu, Tawahka, Pech, Maya, Chortis and Xicaque. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2013. <"Minority Rights Group International : Honduras : Lenca, Miskitu...

revitalize it. Nahua cosmology is related to that of the Toltec, Maya and Lenca. The term Nahua is a cultural and ethnic term used for Nahuan-speaking groups...

spelling of the same term in the Lenca language. However, due to historical events, the indigenous peoples and their languages are neither recognized nor self...

International, the indigenous tribes that live in Honduras include the Lenca (453,672), Miskito (80,007), Garifuna (43,111), Maya Ch'orti (33,256), Tolupan...

exception of the Lenca and the Ch'orti' they still keep their language. Six different Amerindian groups were counted at the 2001 census: the Lenca (279,507 in...

according to the Mexica spelling means "House of the oaks", and in Lenca language it means "Place of many waters" At the time of the 2013 Honduras census...

Nawat (academically Pipil, also known as Nahuat) is a Nahuan language native to Central America. It is the southernmost extant member of the Uto-Aztecan...

Cuitlatec in addition to Chibchan–Misumalpan–Xinca–Lenca. Greenberg (1987) included Paezan languages in a Chibchan-Paezan stock with Barbacoan, Chibchan...

the Mesoamerican cultural region. Quelepa means "stone jaguar" in the Lenca language, probably in reference to the large Jaguar Altar found at the site....

Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture (Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American...

descendants. There are 14 languages listed, 7 lost in Central America and 7 lost in the Caribbean. Chorotega Cacaopera Chicomuceltec Lenca Matagalpa Monimbo Subtiaba...

Ballet Folklórico de Honduras Oro Lenca is a Honduran folkloric ballet troupe in La Esperanza. It was founded in 2008 and presents dances and costumes...

martyr Óscar Romero. The name of Anamorós is believed to come from the Lenca language meaning Maizal (Corn field). However there are other possible interpretations...