Sipakapa language

Sipakapense
Sipacapeño
Ri Qyolb’al
Native toSipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala
RegionSipacapa
Ethnicity17,400 Sipakapense (2019 census)
Native speakers
4,200 (2019 census)[1]
Mayan
Official status
Regulated byAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
Language codes
ISO 639-3qum
Glottologsipa1247
ELPSipakapa

Sipakapense is a Mayan language, closely related to Kʼicheʼ spoken natively within indigenous Sipakapense communities in Western Guatemala. It is primarily based in the municipality of Sipacapa in the department of San Marcos.[1][2][3]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
plain sibilant
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t ts k q ʔ
ejective tsʼ tʃʼ
implosive ɓ
Fricative s ʃ χ
Nasal m n
Trill r
Approximant l j w

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sipakapense at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico". Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2002. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  3. ^ "Comunidad Lingüística Sipakapense". ALMG. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  4. ^ Barrett, Edward R. (1999). A Grammar of Sipakapense Maya. Austin, TX: Ann Arbor: UMI.