Kanjobal
E602131
Kanjobal is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kanjobal Maya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Akateko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chuj NERFINISHED ⓘ Tojolabal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRegionDetail | southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | Maya civilization heritage ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Qʼanjobʼal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | regional dialect variation ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | grammars and dictionaries by linguists ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts | community-based literacy programs ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex aspect system
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ head-marking morphology ⓘ tone or pitch distinctions in some dialects ⓘ verb–initial word order tendency ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between plain and glottalized stops
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts |
bilingual education materials
ⓘ
orthography development ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | kjb ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Western Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyNeighbor | Mam ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Guatemalan highlands
ⓘ
Huehuetenango Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Qʼanjobʼal communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedIn | community radio programming in some areas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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