Naha is an isolated village in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
, and its forest area is the federally-recognized
Nahá Flora and Fauna Protection Area. Naha's
Mayan
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* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
people are some of the few remaining speakers of the endangered
Lacandon language
Lacandon (''Jach-tʼaan'' in the revised orthography of the '' Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indigenas'') is a Mayan language spoken by all of the 1,000 Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), offici ...
.
Sources
The Endangered Lacandon Language, University of VictoriaMexico's CONANP list of Protected Flora & Fauna Areas (Spanish)
Populated places in Chiapas
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