Copala Triqui () is a

Trique language The Triqui (), or Trique, languages are a family of Oto-Manguean spoken by 30,000 Trique people of the Mexican states of Oaxaca and the state of Baja California in 2007 (due to recent population movements). They are also spoken by 5,000 immigrant ...

primarily spoken in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca,

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, Mexico. A 2007 estimate by

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placed the number of Copala Triqui speakers at 25,000 in Mexico.

Geographic distribution

Greenfield, California

Immigrants from

have formed a large Copala Triqui speaking community in the city of

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. A bi-monthly Triqui language class was piloted at the Greenfield Public Library in 2010.

Geographic distribution

Greenfield, California

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