San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel

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San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel is a regional variety of the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken in and around the town of San Andrés Itzapa in Guatemala.

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San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kaqchikel language variety
Mayan language variety
regional dialect
basicWordOrder SVO (alternative order)
VOS
belongsTo Mesoamerican linguistic area
surface form: Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
coexistsWith Spanish in San Andrés Itzapa
country Guatemala
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Kaqchikel people
hasAncestor Proto-Kaqchikel
Proto-Kaqchikel
surface form: Proto-Kʼichean

Proto-Mayan
hasCodeIn ISO 639-3 cak (for Kaqchikel as a whole)
hasDialectalFeature local lexical items specific to San Andrés Itzapa
phonetic variation compared to standardized Kaqchikel
hasGrammaticalFeature aspect-based verbal system
prepositions and relational nouns
set A and set B person markers
hasSociolinguisticFeature code-switching with Spanish
intergenerational transmission under pressure from Spanish
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith neighboring Kaqchikel dialects
isSubjectOf Mayan linguistics research
dialectological studies of Kaqchikel
languageFamily Macro-Mayan (proposed)
Mayan languages
lexicalSimilarityWith other Kaqchikel varieties
morphology ergative–absolutive alignment
head-marking
rich verbal inflection
phonology contrastive glottalized consonants
five-vowel system
region central highlands of Guatemala
spokenIn Chimaltenango Department NERFINISHED
Guatemala
San Andrés Itzapa NERFINISHED
status indigenous language variety
subdivisionOf Kaqchikel
surface form: Kaqchikel language
subfamily Kʼichean (Quiché) branch
Quichean–Mamean languages
typology agglutinative language
usedIn everyday communication in San Andrés Itzapa
local cultural and religious practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Kaqchikel hasDialect San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel