Kaqchikel

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

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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.

Kʼicheʼ closelyRelatedTo Kaqchikel
Kaqchikel hasAlternativeName Kaqchikel
this entity surface form: Kaqchiquel
this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya
Guatemala Highlands hasLanguage Kaqchikel
this entity surface form: Kaqchikel language
Lake Atitlán hasLanguageSpoken Kaqchikel
this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya
this entity surface form: Kaqchikel Maya
Guatemala recognizedLanguage Kaqchikel