Kʼicheʼ language
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The Kʼicheʼ language is a major Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, known for its rich oral tradition and significance in pre-Columbian and contemporary indigenous culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kʼicheʼ language canonical | 9 |
| Kʼicheʼ Maya language | 1 |
| Poqomchiʼ language | 1 |
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alignment | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kaqchikel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaqchikel language
Sakapultek language ⓘ Tzʼutujil language ⓘ Uspantek language ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to pre-Columbian Maya culture
ⓘ
important in contemporary indigenous identity in Guatemala ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kʼicheʼ Maya ⓘ |
| family | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| glottocode | kiche1248 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kiche
ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ Maya ⓘ Quiché ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Mayan
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Mayan language
Proto-Quichean language ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Nahualá Kʼicheʼ
ⓘ
surface form:
Cantel Kʼicheʼ
Central Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Chichicastenango Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Eastern Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Central Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
surface form:
Joyabaj Kʼicheʼ
Momostenango Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Nahualá Kʼicheʼ ⓘ Quetzaltenango ⓘ
surface form:
Quetzaltenango Kʼicheʼ
Nahualá Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
surface form:
Santa María Chiquimula Kʼicheʼ
Nahualá Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
surface form:
Sololá Kʼicheʼ
Totonicapán ⓘ
surface form:
Totonicapán Kʼicheʼ
Western Kʼicheʼ ⓘ |
| hasGrammarDescriptionBy |
Lars-Gunnar Andersson (among others)
ⓘ
Nora C. England ⓘ |
| hasISO639-1Code | quc ⓘ |
| hasRegulatingBody | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| hasRich | oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasSpeakersIn |
Belize
ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalScript | Mesoamerican pictographic traditions (limited use) ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | Guatemalan department of Quiché (regional recognition) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ |
| morphologyType | head-marking ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Popol Vuh
ⓘ
Title of Totonicapán ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalized consonants
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| region |
Guatemala Highlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Guatemalan Highlands
western Guatemala ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kʼicheʼ people ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Guatemala ⓘ |
| status |
one of the most widely spoken Mayan languages
ⓘ
recognized indigenous language in Guatemala ⓘ |
| subfamily | Quichean–Mamean ⓘ |
| subgroup | Greater Quichean ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local administration in some municipalities
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ religious texts ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bilingual education programs in Guatemala
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting in Guatemala ⓘ traditional ritual speech ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| writingSystemHistory | historically written with Latin alphabet after Spanish conquest ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kʼicheʼ Maya language
this entity surface form:
Poqomchiʼ language