Achiʼ language

E602969

Mayan language indigenous language of the Americas language

The Achiʼ language is a Mayan language spoken primarily in Guatemala, closely related to Kʼicheʼ and used by the Achiʼ people as a key marker of their cultural and ethnic identity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Achi language	1
Achiʼ language canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	verb–object–subject ⓘ
belongsTo	Achiʼ cultural heritage ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kʼicheʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ
endangerment	vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Achiʼ people NERFINISHED ⓘ
family	Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
geneticClassification	Kʼichean branch of Mayan ⓘ
hasDialects	Cubulco Achiʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ Rabinal Achiʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive glottalized consonants ⓘ tone absent ⓘ
ISO639-3	acr ⓘ
languageBranch	Kʼichean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Mayan ⓘ
lexicalSimilarity	high with Kʼicheʼ language ⓘ
linguisticAncestor	Proto-Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ
morphology	ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
primaryRegion	Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	Guatemalan government as a Mayan language ⓘ
region	Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulation	Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInIdentity	key marker of Achiʼ cultural identity ⓘ key marker of Achiʼ ethnic identity ⓘ
spokenIn	Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardization	has official orthography in Latin script ⓘ
status	indigenous minority language in Guatemala ⓘ
subfamily	Quichean–Mamean branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
typology	agglutinative language ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication among Achiʼ people ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ ritual and cultural practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala → promotes → Achiʼ language ⓘ

Quichean–Mamean → includesLanguage → Achiʼ language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achi language