Kʼicheʼ

E99798

Mayan language indigenous language of the Americas language

Kʼicheʼ is a major Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, with a rich literary and cultural tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kʼicheʼ canonical	12
Kʼicheʼ Maya	4
K’iche’	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mayan language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ
alternateName	Kiche ⓘ Quiché ⓘ
autonym	Kʼicheʼ self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: K’iche’
basicWordOrder	verb–object–subject ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kaqchikel ⓘ Tzʼutujil Maya ⓘ surface form: Tzʼutujil Uspantek ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ
endangermentStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicAssociation	Kʼicheʼ self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
spokenIn	Guatemala ⓘ
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 (19)

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

Guatemala → recognizedLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Spanish conquest of Guatemala → mainAdversary → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kʼicheʼ Maya

Mayan languages → includesLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Guatemala Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kʼicheʼ Maya

Quetzaltenango → localLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Lake Atitlán → primaryIndigenousGroups → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kʼicheʼ Maya

Mam → hasNeighboringLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Kʼicheʼ → ethnicAssociation → Kʼicheʼ self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kʼicheʼ Maya

Kʼicheʼ → autonym → Kʼicheʼ self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: K’iche’

Totonicapán region → language → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Sololá Department → localLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

this entity surface form: K’iche’

Chichicastenango → languageSpoken → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Totonicapán → hasIndigenousNameLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Kʼicheʼ people → ethnonym → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Quetzaltenango Department → hasIndigenousLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Xela → languageUsed → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Atitlán watershed region → primaryLanguageSpoken → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

this entity surface form: K’iche’

Xelajú → etymologyLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ

Southern Mam → hasNeighboringLanguage → Kʼicheʼ ⓘ