Copala Triqui () is a
Trique language
The Triqui (), or Trique, languages are a family of Oto-Manguean spoken by 30,000 Trique people of the Mexican states of Oaxaca and the state of Baja California in 2007 (due to recent population movements). They are also spoken by 5,000 immigrant ...
primarily spoken in the municipality of
Santiago Juxtlahuaca,
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
, Mexico. A 2007 estimate by
SIL International placed the number of Copala Triqui speakers at 25,000 in Mexico.
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Geographic distribution
Greenfield, California
Immigrants from Oaxaca have formed a large Copala Triqui speaking community in the city of Greenfield, California
Greenfield (formerly Clarke Colony) is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It lies in the Salinas Valley, southeast of Salinas, at an elevation of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,937, up from 16,330 in the 2 ...
. A bi-monthly Triqui language class was piloted at the Greenfield Public Library in 2010.
References
External links
Gramática Popular del Triqui de Copala
Trique language
Indigenous languages of Mexico
Endangered Oto-Manguean languages
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