Chajul Ixil
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Chajul Ixil is a Mayan language variety spoken primarily in and around the town of Chajul in Guatemala, distinguished by its phonological and lexical features from other Ixil dialects.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ixil language variety
ⓘ
Mayan language variety ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
lexical features
ⓘ
phonological features ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ixil Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasDialectalRelationWith |
Cotzal Ixil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nebaj Ixil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonology | contrastive tone or complex stress patterns (relative to other Mayan languages) ⓘ |
| ISO639Macrolanguage | ixl ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ixil dialect continuum ⓘ |
| isSpokenPrimarilyIn | town of Chajul and surrounding communities ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Western Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
endangered language
ⓘ
minority language ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | head-marking language ⓘ |
| region | Guatemalan Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chajul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | El Quiché Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Ixil language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Greater Mamean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ixilan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ixil-speaking communities of Chajul ⓘ |
| usedIn |
community life in Chajul
ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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