Kaqchikel

E86611

Mayan language indigenous language language of Guatemala

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Kaqchikel Maya	19
Kaqchikel canonical	14
Kaqchikel language	12
Kaqchikel dialect continuum	2
Kaqchiquel	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language of Guatemala ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kʼicheʼ language ⓘ Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ surface form: Tzʼutujil language
country	Guatemala ⓘ
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 ⓘ 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 (49)

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

Guatemala → recognizedLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Guatemala → mainAdversary → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Mayan languages → includesLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Guatemala Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Guatemala Highlands → hasLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Lake Atitlán → primaryIndigenousGroups → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Lake Atitlán → hasLanguageSpoken → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Kaqchikel → hasAlternativeName → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchiquel

Kʼicheʼ → closelyRelatedTo → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Guatemalan Americans → language → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala → promotes → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Poqomam → relatedTo → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Maya peoples → hasSubgroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Chimaltenango Department → indigenousLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Chimaltenango Department → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Sololá Department → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Sololá Department → localLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Kʼicheʼ language → closelyRelatedTo → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Panajachel → hasLocalLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Sololá → languageSpoken → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Sololá → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Sacatepéquez Department → hasIndigenousLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Kaqchikel people → language → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Quetzaltenango Department → hasIndigenousLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Santa Catarina Palopó → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Santa Catarina Palopó → indigenousLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Jaibalito → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Jaibalito → localLanguages → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Tzununá → inhabitedBy → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Tzununá → hasLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Tzʼutujil Maya → relatedEthnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Atitlán watershed region → primaryLanguageSpoken → Kaqchikel ⓘ

San Marcos La Laguna → languageUsed → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Quichean–Mamean → includesLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel → subdivisionOf → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel → dialectOf → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel → isPartOf → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel dialect continuum

San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel → subdivisionOf → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

Santa Cruz La Laguna → hasCommonLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

Santa Cruz La Laguna → hasEthnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

Cakchiquel → alternateName → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchiquel

Cakchiquel → ethnicGroupAssociated → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

San Antonio Palopó → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya

San Antonio Palopó → indigenousLanguage → Kaqchikel ⓘ

San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel → subdivisionOf → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language

San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel → partOf → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel dialect continuum

San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel → ethnicGroup → Kaqchikel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya