Central Kʼicheʼ

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Kʼicheʼ dialect Mayan language variety

Central Kʼicheʼ is a major regional variety of the Kʼicheʼ Mayan language spoken primarily in the central highlands of Guatemala.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Kʼicheʼ canonical 2
Joyabaj Kʼicheʼ 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kʼicheʼ dialect ⓘ
Mayan language variety ⓘ
alignment ergative–absolutive ⓘ
alternateName Central Kicheʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Quiché (older Spanish-based spelling) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basicWordOrder VOS ⓘ
contrastWith Eastern Kʼicheʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Kʼicheʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Kʼicheʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Kʼicheʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
documentation described in grammars and dictionaries of Kʼicheʼ that focus on central varieties ⓘ
educationRole often chosen as model variety for Kʼicheʼ language teaching materials ⓘ
endangermentStatus more vital than some peripheral Kʼicheʼ varieties but under pressure from Spanish ⓘ
grammaticalFeature aspect-based verbal system ⓘ
person marking on verbs for both subject and object ⓘ
set A and set B pronominal affixes ⓘ
hasDialectalVariation shows internal variation between different central highland towns ⓘ
historicalSource descends from Classical Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
influencedBy Spanish language (lexicon and code-switching) ⓘ
languageCodeStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code from Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
linguisticCenter city of Quetzaltenango and surrounding municipalities ⓘ
morphologyType head-marking ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with other Kʼicheʼ varieties ⓘ
orthographicFeature uses apostrophe to mark glottalization in many practical orthographies ⓘ
partOf Kʼicheʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (inherited from Proto-Mayan, partly restructured) ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
plain vs ejective stops and affricates ⓘ
primaryRegion central highlands of Guatemala ⓘ
regionType highland Mayan variety ⓘ
relativeStatus major regional variety of Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
scriptStandard Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages orthography NERFINISHED ⓘ
sociolinguisticStatus used in everyday communication ⓘ
used in local education and literacy programs ⓘ
used in local radio and religious activities ⓘ
spokenIn Guatemalan departments of Chimaltenango ⓘ
Guatemalan departments of El Quiché (southern and central areas) ⓘ
Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango ⓘ
Guatemalan departments of Sololá ⓘ
Guatemalan departments of Totonicapán ⓘ
standardizationRole basis of standard written Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
subfamily Quichean–Mamean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroup Greater Kʼicheʼ branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroupOf Kʼicheʼ dialect continuum ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedBy Maya communities in the central Guatemalan highlands ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Kʼicheʼ → hasDialect → Central Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ language → hasDialects → Central Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ language → hasDialects → Central Kʼicheʼ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joyabaj Kʼicheʼ