The Sakapultek are a
Maya people
Maya () are an ethnolinguistic group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived w ...
in
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
, located in the municipality of
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 ...
. The
Sakapultek language is closely related to
Kʼicheʼ.
[See Gordon (2005): ]
Notes
References
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Indigenous peoples in Guatemala
Maya peoples of Guatemala
Mesoamerican cultures
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