Sakapultek_language

Sakapultek language

Sakapultek language

Mayan language of Guatemala

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]

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A Sakapultek speaker from the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

Phonology

Consonants

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  • Plain voiceless stops are aspirated [Cʰ] in syllable-final position.
  • /ɓ/ is heard as an ejective [pʼ] or a voiceless implosive [ɓ̥] when before consonants, or in syllable-final or word-final positions.[3]
  • /qʼ/ may also be heard as an implosive [ʛ̥] in free variation.[4]

Vowels

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References

  1. [1]
    Sakapultek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Congreso de la República de Guatemala. "Decreto Número 19-2003. Ley de Idiomas Nacionales". Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  3. [3]
    DuBois, John William (1981). The Sacapultec language. University of California at Berkeley.
  4. [4]
    Mó Isém, Romelia (2006). Gramática descriptiva Sakapulteka. Ciudad de Guatemala: OKMA Proyecto de documentación: idioma Sakapulteko.


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