Sakapultek language explained

Sakapultek
Nativename:Sacapulteco
Tujaal Tziij
States:Guatemala
Region:El Quiché
Ethnicity:12,900 Sakapultek (2019 census)
Date:2019 census
Ref:e25
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Mayan
Fam2:Quichean–Mamean
Fam3:Greater Quichean
Minority:Guatemala[1]
Agency:Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG)
Iso3:quv
Glotto:saca1238
Glottorefname:Sacapulteco

Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPost-
alveolar
PalatalVelarUvularGlottal
plainsibilantplainpal.
Plosive/
Affricate
voicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
ejective(pronounced as /link/)pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /ink/
implosivepronounced as /ink/
Fricativepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Nasalpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Tappronounced as /ink/
Approximantpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Midpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Congreso de la República de Guatemala . Decreto Número 19-2003. Ley de Idiomas Nacionales . 2009-06-22.
  2. Book: DuBois, John William . The Sacapultec language . University of California at Berkeley . 1981.
  3. Book: Mó Isém, Romelia . Gramática descriptiva Sakapulteka . Ciudad de Guatemala: OKMA Proyecto de documentación: idioma Sakapulteko . 2006.