Uspantek language
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The Uspantek language is a Mayan language spoken by the Uspanteko people of Guatemala, notable for its endangered status and efforts toward revitalization and preservation.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
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endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Uspanteka
NERFINISHED
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Uspanteko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kaqchikel language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzʼutujil language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| documentedBy | field linguists specializing in Mayan languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Uspanteko people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | uspa1245 ⓘ |
| hasDomainUsage | home and community domains more than formal domains ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
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head-marking morphology ⓘ verb–initial basic word order tendencies ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom | Spanish language ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
person and number agreement on verbs
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalized consonants
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vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationEfforts |
orthography development
ⓘ
production of pedagogical materials ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | usp ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ |
| region | El Quiché Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives in Guatemala
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community-based literacy programs ⓘ documentation and descriptive linguistics projects ⓘ |
| riskFactor |
language shift to Spanish
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urban migration of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenBy | several thousand speakers (approximate, low thousands) ⓘ |
| spokenInMunicipality |
Cobán (migrant communities)
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Playa Grande Ixcán NERFINISHED ⓘ Uspantán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kʼicheʼan branch ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local radio programming (limited)
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ritual and ceremonial contexts ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
|
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