Social:Sakapultek language

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Short description: Mayan language of Guatemala
Sakapultek
Sacapulteco
Tujaal Tziij
Native toGuatemala
RegionEl Quiché
Ethnicity12,900 Sakapultek (2019 census)[1]
Native speakers
6,500 (2019 census)e25
Mayan
  • Quichean–Mamean
    • Greater Quichean
      • Sakapultek
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Guatemala[2]
Regulated byAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG)
Language codes
ISO 639-3quv
Glottologsaca1238[3]

File:WIKITONGUES- Pascual speaking Sakapulteko.webm Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately 6,500 people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named e25
  2. Congreso de la República de Guatemala. "Decreto Número 19-2003. Ley de Idiomas Nacionales". http://www.congreso.gob.gt/gt/mostrar_ley.asp?id=448. 
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Sacapulteco". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/saca1238. 

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