Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a
Mayan language
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
very closely related to
Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately people in
Sacapulas
Sacapulas is a town and Municipalities of Guatemala, municipality in the Guatemalan Departments of Guatemala, department of Quiché Department, El Quiché.
History
Pre Hispanic era
Worried about the defection of the aj K’ub’ul family chi ...
,
El Quiché
EL, El or el may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional entities
* El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit
* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
* El, fami ...
department and in
Guatemala City
Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Depa ...
.
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Phonology
Consonants
* Plain voiceless stops are aspirated Ê°in syllable-final position.
* /É“/ is heard as an ejective ʼor a voiceless implosive “Ì¥when before consonants, or in syllable-final or word-final positions.
* /qʼ/ may also be heard as an implosive ›Ì¥in free variation.
Vowels
References
External links
The John William Dubois Collection Of Sacapultec Sound Recordings
at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America
Agglutinative languages
Mayan languages
Indigenous languages of Central America
Mesoamerican languages
Languages of Guatemala
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