Pech language
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Name (Latin)
Pech language
Other forms of name
Paya language
Pesh language
Seco language
See Also From tracing place name
Honduras
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q4898889
Library of congress:
sh2013002790
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Hernández Torres, Ramón A. Gramática de la lengua pesh, 2008:title page (handwritten on title page is the word "pech" under the word "pesh")
- Ethnologue, viewed September 30, 2013(Pech language; variants Paya, Seco; a Chibchan language spoken in Honduras, specifically in North central coast, Olancho Department, Dulce Nombre de Culmí municipality, Santa María del Carbón; Las Marías, Gracias a Dios, Silín, Colón)
- Native languages of the Americas WWW site, viewed September 30, 2013(Pech Indian language; variants: Seco, Paya; Pech is a Chibchan language of Central America, spoken by fewer than 1000 people in Honduras)
- Joshua Project, viewed September 30, 2013(Pech people, speak the Pech language; The Pech (also called pejoratively Payas or Payitas by the Latinos) called themselves "Pech" which means "People" but only refers to their own race. They call other people "Pech-Hakua" which means "Other People.")
Wikipedia description:
Pech or Pesh is a Chibchan language spoken in Honduras. It was formerly known as Paya, and continues to be referred to in this manner by several sources, though there are negative connotations associated with this term. It has also been referred to as Seco. There are 300 speakers according to Yasugi (2007). It is spoken near the north-central coast of Honduras, in the Dulce Nombre de Culmí municipality of Olancho Department.
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