Qʼeqchiʼ

E411196
Mayan language indigenous language

Qʼeqchiʼ is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼeqchiʼ people in Guatemala and neighboring regions of Central America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Qʼeqchiʼ canonical 4
Qeqchiʼ 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Itza Maya ⓘ
surface form: Itzaʼ Maya

Mopan Maya ⓘ
Yucatec Maya ⓘ
ethnicGroup Qʼeqchiʼ people ⓘ
family Mayan languages ⓘ
surface form: Mayan language family
glottocode qeqc1242 ⓘ
hasDialect Cahabón Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
Cobán ⓘ
surface form: Cobán Qʼeqchiʼ

Lanquin ⓘ
surface form: Lanquin Qʼeqchiʼ

San Pedro Carchá ⓘ
surface form: San Pedro Carchá Qʼeqchiʼ
hasFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
head-marking grammar ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
verb–initial word order ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization of stops and affricates ⓘ
five-vowel system with length distinction ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature person marking on verbs for both subject and object ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kek ⓘ
languageFamily Maya civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mayan
languageStatus subject to pressure from Spanish ⓘ
vigorous use in many communities ⓘ
macrolanguage Mayan languages ⓘ
surface form: Maya languages
primaryRegion Alta Verapaz Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baja Verapaz Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Izabal Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatingBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenIn Belize ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Mayan branch ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
surface form: Qʼanjobalan–Chujean branch
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
local radio broadcasting ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petén Department → hasIndigenousLanguage → Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
Flores, Guatemala → localIndigenousLanguages → Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
Cobán → languageSpoken → Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ people → hasAutonym → Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
Huehuetenango Department → hasIndigenousLanguages → Qʼeqchiʼ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qeqchiʼ