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Lenca

The Lenca are an Indigenous people from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They historically spoke various dialects of the Lencan languages such as Chilanga, Putun (Potón), and Kotik, but today are mostly native speakers of Spanish. In Honduras, the Lenca are the largest indigenous group, with an estimated…

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El Salvador
89,389 (est.)
Honduras
360,611 (est. 60% of tribal Hondurans)

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Lenca

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples321
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
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related to Sources · 102
Lenca → Adams, Albuquerque, American Anthropologist, American Archaeology, An Experiment, An Interpretive Summary, Anne, Annual Meeting, April, Archaeology, Austin, Bay Islands, Boyd, Brill, Candela, Central America, Chapman, Chortia, Circum-Caribbean Tribes, Community Development
related to Precolonial era · 31
Lenca → Agalteca, Another, Care, Cerquín, Colo, Comayagua Valley, El Salvador, European, Fonseca, Gulf, Honduras, Intibucá, Jicatuyo River, Jucap, La Paz, Lake Yojoa, Lempira, Lencas, Los Naranjos, Other
related to Culture · 25
Lenca → Although, Armadillo, Aside, Atol Shuko, Bee, Black Corn Paste, Central America, Chakalines, Cuzuco, European, Garrobo, Iguana, Jocote, Jocote Syrup, Mango Syrup, Miel, Miel De Mango, Panal De Abeja, Punches, River
related to 21st century · 20
Lenca → America, Berta Cáceres, Canada, Catholicism, Civic Council, COPINH, Despite, El Salvador, Goldman Environmental Prize, Honduras, In, In March, Indigenous Organizations, Lenca Clans, Lenka Nation, March, Popular, Spanish, United North American Council, United States
related to Notable Lencas · 18
Lenca → Chief, Chief Franklin Siri Puka, Chief Sebastian Sariles Perez, Comizahual Nana Amparo Majano, Council, FerreraRaffi Freedman-GurspanAntonio Leonel Chevez, Flores, LempiraBerta CaceresBertha ZúñigaJohnny LeverónAmerica, Lenca Chiefs, Lenca TaulepaTata Sebastian Sariles, Lenka Putum ComizahualChief Galo, Lepa Musu Moreno-Nieto, Neftali FloresNeftali Flores Chief, Patroness, Perez The Toka Before, Yucuaiquin, Yucuaiquin Amparo Majano Matriarch, Yuquaiquin Appointed
related to Environmental activism · 16
Lenca → Berta Cáceres, COPINH, Council, Cáceres, DESA Agua Zarca Hydro, Goldman Environmental Prize, Gualcarque River, Honduras, Indigenous Organizations, March, Members, Popular, Project, She, The, They
related to Name · 16
Lenca → According, Chontal, Efraim Squier, Guajiquiro, Historically, Juan Ruiz, Kʼicheʼ, Maya, Nahuas, Nahuatl, Provanzas, Pupuluca, Raphael Girard, Taulepa, The, Vega
related to Spanish conquest · 16
Lenca → Antú Silan Ulap, Catholicism, During, Entepica, Guancince, Lempira, Lencas, Mota, Only, Other, Pipil, Poqomam, Some, Spaniards, Spanish, When
related to Tourism · 15
Lenca → Gracias, Honduras, Intibuca, It, La Campa, La Paz, La Ruta Lenca, Lempira, Los Naranjos, Stops, The, The Honduran Tourism Institute, This, United Nations Development Program, Yarumela
related to Material culture · 14
Lenca → During, Europe, Handcrafted, In, Lencan, Many, Mayan, Mesoamerican, Mexico, NGO, Pre-European Era, To, Today, United States

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honduras el salvador indigenous tribal lencas central la culture spanish valley settlements many lempira pottery communities people also site comayagua

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LencaEl Salvador89,389 (est.)1.00infobox
LencaHonduras360,611 (est. 60% of tribal Hondurans)1.00infobox
Chilangainstance ofThey historically spoke various dialects of the Lencan languages0.80text
Putuninstance ofThey historically spoke various dialects of the Lencan languages0.80text
Nahuatinstance oflearning languages0.80text
Chʼortiʼinstance oflearning languages0.80text
Xincainstance oflearning languages0.80text
Mangue etc. for the purpose of tradeinstance oflearning languages0.80text
yucainstance ofroots0.80text
Atol Shukoinstance ofthe Lenca still eat traditional foods0.80text
Yamaranguilainstance ofTowns in central and western Honduras0.80text
La Campainstance ofTowns in central and western Honduras0.80text

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