Copala Triqui (Spanish: Triqui de Copala) is a Trique language primarily spoken in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.[2] A 2007 estimate by SIL International placed the number of Copala Triqui speakers at 25,000 in Mexico.[1][3]
Geographic distribution
Greenfield, California
Immigrants from Oaxaca have formed a large Copala Triqui speaking community in the city of Greenfield, California.[4] A bi-monthly Triqui language class was piloted at the Greenfield Public Library in 2010.[5]
References
- ^ a b Copala at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Triqui of San Juan Copala | SIL Mexico". www.mexico.sil.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales".
- ^ Broadwell, George Aaron (5 January 2017). "Inflectional Change in Copala Triqui*" (PDF). lingdomain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2019.
- ^ Rubin, Sara. "Native speakers and local missionaries work to save an indigenous Mexican language". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 6 September 2019.