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Tacaneco Indian Language

Tacaneco is a Mayan language spoken by about 20,000 people in Guatemala and Mexico. It has VSO word order. Tacaneco is closely related to Mam and some linguists consider it a dialect of Mam.

˜Our Tacaneco Language Materials –

Tacaneco Maya Pronunciation Guide:
    How to pronounce Tacaneco words.

˜Tacaneco Language Resources –

Lengua Tacaneco
     Information on the Tacaneco language, including grammar and a linguistic map of Mexico. Page in Spanish.
Wikipedia: Tacaneco:
     Brief encyclopedia entry on Tacaneco.
Tacanec:
     Demographic information about Tacaneco from the Ethnologue of Languages.



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