Charles A Hofling Lacandon Maya All Books sku-39787050

The Lacandon Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary is a hardcover All Books reference by Charles A Hofling, sku-39787050. Around 1700 AD, the Lacandon Maya took refuge in the forest lowlands of Chiapas, Mexico, and western Petén, Guatemala. They were never conquered by the Spanish and maintained many cultural practices into the twentieth century. Their language belongs to the Yucatecan branch of Maya, believed to have begun diversifying at least one thousand years ago. The Lacandon have northern and southern linguistic groups; this dictionary focuses on the southern Lacandon of Lacanjá. Following the trilingual format of Hofling's Mopan Maya-Spanish-English Dictionary, it includes pronunciation and grammar information. Readers can look up words by root or alphabetically. It is intended for native and nonnative speakers, including Spanish speakers learning Lacandon, and may help Lacandon-speaking children who increasingly use Spanish outside the home. It also preserves a record of the language.