Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately 6,500 people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.[1]
Sakapultek | |
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Sacapulteco Tujaal Tziij | |
Native to | Guatemala |
Region | El Quiché |
Ethnicity | 12,900 Sakapultek (2019 census)[1] |
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 |
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
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plain | sibilant | plain | pal. | |||||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | ts | tʃ | k | kʲ | q | ʔ | |
ejective | (pʼ) | tʼ | tsʼ | tʃʼ | kʼ | kʼʲ | qʼ | |||
implosive | ɓ | |||||||||
Fricative | s | ʃ | x | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
Tap | ɾ | |||||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Open | a aː |