Poqomchiʼ language

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The Poqomchiʼ language is a Mayan language spoken primarily in the central highlands of Guatemala by the Poqomchiʼ people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language of the Americas
language
alignmentType ergative–absolutive
basicWordOrder verb–object–subject
verb–subject–object
country Guatemala
culturalRole key marker of Poqomchiʼ identity
endonym Poqomchiʼ NERFINISHED
ethnicity Poqomchiʼ NERFINISHED
family Mayan language family NERFINISHED
geneticRelation closely related to Kʼicheʼ language
closely related to Poqomam language NERFINISHED
closely related to Qʼeqchiʼ language
geographicContext Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
glottocode poqo1241
hasDialect Eastern Poqomchiʼ NERFINISHED
Western Poqomchiʼ NERFINISHED
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts community-based education programs
literacy materials in Poqomchiʼ
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasOfficialRecognition recognized by the Guatemalan government as a Mayan language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
vowel length distinctions
influencedBy Spanish language
iso639-3Code poh
isSpokenNear Poqomam language area
Qʼeqchiʼ language area
languageFamily Mayan
macrofamily Mayan languages of Mesoamerica
region Alta Verapaz Department NERFINISHED
Baja Verapaz Department NERFINISHED
regulatingBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenBy Poqomchiʼ people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guatemala NERFINISHED
central highlands of Guatemala
status minority language in Guatemala
vulnerable language
subfamily Quichean–Mamean branch NERFINISHED
subgroup Poqom branch
usedFor daily communication in Poqomchiʼ communities
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedIn bilingual education in some Guatemalan schools
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Alta Verapaz Department hasIndigenousLanguage Poqomchiʼ language
Quichean–Mamean includesLanguage Poqomchiʼ language
Poqomchiʼ Maya language Poqomchiʼ language
Quiché Department majorIndigenousLanguage Poqomchiʼ language
Poqomam relatedTo Poqomchiʼ language