Sakapultek language
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| Sakapultek | |
|---|---|
| Sacapulteco | |
| Native to | Guatemala |
| Region | El Quiché |
| Ethnicity | 12,900 Sakapultek (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 6,500 (2019 census)[1] |
Mayan
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| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Guatemala[2] |
| Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | quv |
| Glottolog | saca1238 |
| ELP | Sakapulteko |
A Sakapultek speaker from the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately 15,000 people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Sakapultek at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Congreso de la República de Guatemala. "Decreto Número 19-2003. Ley de Idiomas Nacionales". Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Sakapulteko". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16 ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 978-1-55671-159-6. OCLC 60338097. Retrieved 2009-12-15.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^ The official 2002 census mentions a lower figure of 6.973 Sakapulteko speakers. See "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Idioma o lengua en que aprendió a hablar". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
External links[edit]
- The John William Dubois Collection Of Sacapultec Sound Recordings at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America
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