Honduran Lenca

Lencan
Lencan
Native to	Honduras
Ethnicity	Lenca people
Extinct	No speakers could be located in 1974.
Language family	Lencan Lencan;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	lenc1242
ELP	Honduran Lenca

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

Phonology[]

Consonants[]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t		k
Fricative		s	ʃ
Lateral		l
Rhotic		r
Glide	w		j

Stops /p, t, k/ in word-medial and word-final positions may occasionally be heard as voiced [b, d, ɡ]. /p, k/ may also be fricated as [β, ɣ] in these positions as well.
/n/ can be heard as velar [ŋ] when preceding /k/.
/p, k/ in word-final position may also occasionally be pronounced as [f, h].^[2]

Vowels[]

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

References[]

^ Campbell, Lyle; Chapman, Anne; Dakin, Karen (1978). "Honduran Lenca". International Journal of American Linguistics. 44 (4): 330–332. doi:10.1086/465560. JSTOR 1264286.
^ King, Alan R. (2016). A Preliminary Proposal for Unified Honduran Lenca.

[1] Campbell, Lyle; Chapman, Anne; Dakin, Karen (1978). "Honduran Lenca". International Journal of American Linguistics. 44 (4): 330–332. doi:10.1086/465560. JSTOR 1264286.

[2] King, Alan R. (2016). A Preliminary Proposal for Unified Honduran Lenca.

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