Jicaque
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Jicaque is a language spoken by around 300 people in La MontaƱa del Flor in Honduras. The language is also called Tol or Eastern Jicaque. It had a relative called Western Jicaque or Jicaque del Palmar, which became extinct and Jicaque is now considered a isolate. Campbel and Oltrogge present the Hypothesis that Jicaque is related to the Tequistlatecan languages, but this hypothesis needs further study.
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- Campbell, lyle and David Oltrogge, 1980, Proto-Tol (Jicaque), International Journal of American Linguistics, 46:205-223
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