Xinca people

Xinka (Xinca)
Extent of Xinca languages
Total population
264,167
Regions with significant populations
Guatemala
Southeastern departments of Jutiapa, Jalapa, and Santa Rosa		264,167
Languages
Spanish, formerly Xincan languages
Religion
Catholicism, evangelism, indigenous religion

The Xinka, or Xinca, are a non-Mayan Indigenous people of Mesoamerica, with communities in the southern portion of Guatemala, near its border with El Salvador, and in the mountainous region to the north. Their languages (the Xincan languages) are not known to be related to any other language family, although they have many loan words from Mayan languages. The Xinka may have been among the earliest inhabitants of southeastern Guatemala, predating the arrival of the Maya and the Pipil.

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