• The Xinka, or Xinca, are a non-Mayan indigenous people of Mesoamerica, with communities in the southern portion of Guatemala, near its border with El...
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    Xinca (or Xinka, Sinca, or Szinca) is a small extinct family of Mesoamerican languages, formerly regarded as a single language isolate, once spoken by...
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  • Xinca may refer to: Xinca people — an indigenous people in southern Guatemala Xincan languages — their indigenous Mesoamerican languages Xinka refers...
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    especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the...
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  • ISBN 0-19-509427-1. Xinca Guazacapán resources in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America: Xinca Guazacapán 1 Xinca Guazacapán 2 Xinca Guazacapán...
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  • Jumaytepeque Native to Guatemala Ethnicity Xinca people Native speakers (moribund or extinct cited 1997) Language family Xincan Jumaytepeque Language...
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    significant reduction of the Xinca population. Alvarado's army continued eastwards from Atiquipaque, seizing several more Xinca cities. Because Alvarado and...
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    divided in four parts, red, yellow, white and black, each colour representing Xinca people, Garifuna people, Maya people, and Ladino people, respectively. These...
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    empires and nations were before, speaking languages such as Nahuat, Chorti, Xinca, Mangue etc. Its objective was to expand trade on certain times of the year...
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    using spears, arrows and wooden swords with inset obsidian blades; the Xinca of the southern coastal plain used poison on their arrows. In response to...
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  • Sinacantan Native to Guatemala Ethnicity Xinca people Language family Xincan Sinacantan Language codes ISO 639-3 None (mis) Glottolog xinc1245...
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    included Yanomam, Purépecha, and Cuitlatec in addition to Chibchan–Misumalpan–Xinca–Lenca. Greenberg (1987) included Paezan languages in a Chibchan-Paezan stock...
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    the national population is indigenous non-Maya. 1.8% of the population is Xinca (mesoamerican), and 0.1% of the population is Garifuna (African/Carib mix)...
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    census, 43.56% of the population is Indigenous including 41.66% Mayan, 1.77% Xinca, and 0.13% Garifuna (Mixed African and indigenous). Approximately 56% of...
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    environmental damage and the land sovereignty rights of the indigenous Xinca people. These groups have employed nonviolent protest tactics such as blockading...
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  • Yupiltepeque Native to Guatemala Ethnicity Xinca people Extinct by 1920 Language family Xincan Yupiltepeque Language codes ISO 639-3 None (mis) Linguist...
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  • Xinca, one of Guatemala's indigenous groups. They settled there after the Pipil. Currently, there are efforts being made to teach the ancient Xinca language...
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    Jutiapa there are few descendants that once belonged to the Xinca population. The Xinca people were of non-Mayan descent. The coat of arms contains the...
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  • a Xinca population, as evidenced by the large number of Xinca words in these languages. He suggests therefore that Alagüilac may have been a Xinca language;...
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    26 related languages. Guatemala formally recognized 21 of these in 1996. Xinca, Miskito, and Garifuna are also present in Central America. This region...
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  • from the region of Chiquimulilla. Chiquimulilla was formerly spoken by Xinca people on the pacific coast of Guatemala. The language suffered a sharp...
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    Cuna-Cueva, Guaymi-Dorasque, Talamanca, Rama-Guatuso Misumalpan, Paya, Xinca, Lenca Shiriana Paezan Choco, Cuaiquer, Andaki, Paez-Coconuco, Colorado-Cayapa...
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    the country such as Maya Poqomam people, Maya Ch'orti' people, Alaguilac, Xinca people, Mixe and Mangue language people became culturally extinct due to...
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    but was geographically separated from other Misumalpan languages. The Xinca people, also known as the Xinka, are a non-Mayan indigenous people of Mesoamerica...
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  • Tabasco, Chiapas) Maya, Achi, Chuj, Chʼortiʼ, Itza, Kʼicheʼ, Qʼeqchiʼ, Xinca, Tektitek, Huastecan, Mopan, Lacandon, Chontal, Akatek, Jakaltek, Qʼanjobʼal...
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    Indigenous ancestry). Much of El Salvador was home to the Pipil, the Lenca, Xinca, and Kakawira. The Pipil lived in western El Salvador, spoke Nawat, and...
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  • death by crash landing his plane in Guatemala, encountering the indigenous "Xinca tribe" as a result, who see him as a supernatural being and provide him...
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  • Sakapultec, Sipakapense, Tektitek, Tz’utujil and Us- pantek), Garífuna and Xinca. Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal Guatemala portal Guatemala -...
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    proper. See South America) Paya Isolates Purépecha Cuitlatec (extinct) Huave Xinca (extinct?) Lenca (extinct) Proposed stocks Hokan (see North America) Tequistlatec-Jicaque...
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  • Western Region) Greece Greek Grenada English Guatemala Spanish Garifuna Maya Xinca Guinea French Fula Maninka Susu Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Guyana English...
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