Poqomam language
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| Poqomam | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Guatemala |
| Region | Alta Verapaz |
| Ethnicity | Poqomam |
| Native speakers | 49,000 (1990–1991) |
| Language family |
Mayan
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| Official status | |
| Recognised minority language in | Guatemala[1] |
| Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | poc |
Poqomam is a Mayan language, closely related to Poqomchi’. It is spoken by approximately 49,000 people in several small pockets in Guatemala, the largest of which is in the Alta Verapaz department but which extend to El Salvador.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr.. "Ethnologue report for Guatemala". Ethnologue. Ethnologue.com. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=GT. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ The official 2002 Guatemala census mentions a lower figure of 11,273 Poqomam speakers. See "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Idioma o lengua en que aprendió a hablar". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var27.html. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
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