Kʼicheʼ
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Kʼicheʼ is a major Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, with a rich literary and cultural tradition.
Aliases (2)
- Kʼicheʼ Maya ×4
- K’iche’ ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
→
indigenous language of the Americas → language → |
| alternateName |
Kiche
→
Quiché → |
| autonym |
Kʼicheʼ
→
surface form: "K’iche’"
|
| basicWordOrder | verb–object–subject → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kaqchikel
→
Tzʼutujil Maya →
surface form: "Tzʼutujil"
Uspantek → |
| country | Guatemala NERFINISHED → |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable → |
| ethnicAssociation |
Kʼicheʼ
→
surface form: "Kʼicheʼ Maya"
|
| family | Mayan language family → |
| glottocode | kich1262 → |
| hasAncestor |
Mayan languages
→
surface form: "Proto-Mayan"
|
| hasDialect |
Central Kʼicheʼ
→
Eastern Kʼicheʼ → Northern Kʼicheʼ → Southern Kʼicheʼ → Western Kʼicheʼ → |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
aspect-based verbal system
→
set A and set B person markers → |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
→
head-marking morphology → |
| hasNotableWork |
Maya codices
→
surface form: "Popol Vuh"
Title of the Lords of Totonicapán → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalized consonants
→
phonemic vowel length → |
| hasRegulatoryBody | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala → |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script → |
| historicalWritingSystem | Mayan hieroglyphic script → |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | Guatemala NERFINISHED → |
| languageCodeISO639-1 | none → |
| languageCodeISO639-2 | quc → |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | quc → |
| languageStatus | vigorous use in many communities → |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language → |
| primaryRegion |
Guatemala Highlands
→
surface form: "Guatemalan highlands"
|
| recognizedBy | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala → |
| region |
Quiché Department
→
surface form: "Departments of Quiché, Totonicapán, Sololá, Chimaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez in Guatemala"
|
| spokenBy | Kʼicheʼ people NERFINISHED → |
| spokenIn | Guatemala NERFINISHED → |
| subfamily | Quichean–Mamean branch → |
| subgroup | Greater Quichean → |
| usedIn |
bilingual education in Guatemala
→
local radio broadcasting → ritual and religious practices → traditional oral literature → |
| writingDirection | left-to-right → |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Kʼicheʼ Maya"
this entity surface form: "Kʼicheʼ Maya"
this entity surface form: "Kʼicheʼ Maya"
this entity surface form: "Kʼicheʼ Maya"