Sakapultek language
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| Sakapultek | |
|---|---|
| Sacapulteco | |
| Spoken in | Guatemala |
| Region | El Quiché |
| Ethnicity | Sakapultek |
| Native speakers | 15,000 (2006) |
| 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 | quv |
Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to K'iche'(Quiché). It is spoken by approximately 15,000 people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.[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.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Sakapulteko" (online version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16 ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=quv. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ The official 2002 census mentions a lower figure of 6.973 Sakapulteko 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 2009-12-15.
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