Sipakapense language

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The Sipakapense language is a Mayan language spoken by the Sipakapense people in the western highlands of Guatemala.

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Label Occurrences
Sipakapense language canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
natural language
alignmentType ergative–absolutive
basicWordOrder VOS
VSO
closelyRelatedTo Awakatek language
Mam language
Tektiteko language NERFINISHED
contactLanguage Spanish NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Guatemala
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Sipakapense people NERFINISHED
family Mayan language family NERFINISHED
glottocode sipa1247
hasAlternativeName Sipacapa NERFINISHED
Sipacapense NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Mamean language NERFINISHED
Proto-Mayan language
hasDocumentation grammars and dictionaries produced by linguists and ALMG
hasDomain home and community domains
hasLanguageAcademy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
vowel length distinctions
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Spanish
hasSpeakerCommunity Sipakapense municipality NERFINISHED
hasTypologicalFeature head-marking morphology
rich aspectual system
iso639-3 qum
isVulnerable true
languageBranch Western Mayan
languageFamily Mayan
morphologicalType agglutinative
partOf Mesoamerican languages
indigenous languages of the Americas
recognizedAs one of the Mayan languages of Guatemala
recognizedBy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED
region Sipacapa, San Marcos Department, Guatemala NERFINISHED
spokenBy Sipakapense people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guatemala NERFINISHED
western highlands of Guatemala
subfamily Greater Mamean NERFINISHED
subgroup Mamean languages
usedFor daily communication in Sipakapense communities
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies
usedIn local education in Sipacapa
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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San Marcos Department languageUsed Sipakapense language
Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala promotes Sipakapense language
Quichean–Mamean includesLanguage Sipakapense language