Kaqchikel
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Kaqchikel is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kaqchikel people in the central highlands of Guatemala.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaqchikel Maya | 3 |
| Kaqchikel language | 1 |
| Kaqchiquel | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ language of Guatemala ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kʼicheʼ language
ⓘ
Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ
surface form:
Tzʼutujil language
|
| country | Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kaqchikel people ⓘ |
| family | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| glottocode | kaqc1270 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cakchiquel
ⓘ
Kaqchikel ⓘ
surface form:
Kaqchiquel
|
| hasDialect |
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel
ⓘ
surface form:
Antigua Kaqchikel
San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel ⓘ San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel ⓘ Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel ⓘ Sololá ⓘ
surface form:
Sololá Kaqchikel
|
| hasDigitalPresence |
used in community radio broadcasting
ⓘ
used on social media ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ set A and set B person markers ⓘ verb–initial basic word order ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTradition |
modern written literature
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasOfficialRecognition | recognized as a national language of Guatemala ⓘ |
| hasOrganization | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | cak ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| languageOf | Kaqchikel people ⓘ |
| macrolanguage | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| region | departments of Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez, Sololá and surrounding areas ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central highlands of Guatemala ⓘ |
| standardizationBody | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ |
| subfamily | Quichean–Mamean ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Mayan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Kʼicheʼan languages
|
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
predicate-initial clauses (often VOS or VSO) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual education programs in Guatemala ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kaqchiquel
this entity surface form:
Kaqchikel Maya
this entity surface form:
Kaqchikel language
this entity surface form:
Kaqchikel Maya
this entity surface form:
Kaqchikel Maya