Qʼanjobʼal

E153794

Qʼanjobʼal is an indigenous Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of northwestern Guatemala.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Maya peoples ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Akateko ⓘ
Chuj ⓘ
Jakaltek ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
family Mayan language family ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kanjobal ⓘ
Kanjobal de Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal

Qanjobal ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
hasDomain daily communication in Qʼanjobʼal communities ⓘ
hasGlottocode kanj1242 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code kjb ⓘ
hasLanguagePolicyContext intercultural bilingual education in Guatemala ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone absent ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts bilingual education initiatives in Guatemala ⓘ
hasScriptRegulator Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
hasStandardizationBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf no sovereign state ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan ⓘ
recognizedIn Guatemala (as a Mayan language) ⓘ
linked to: Mayan languages
region Huehuetenango Department ⓘ
spokenBy Qʼanjobʼal people ⓘ
spokenIn Guatemala ⓘ
Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands

northwestern Guatemala ⓘ
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
subgroup Western Qʼanjobʼalan languages ⓘ
usedIn community radio broadcasting ⓘ
local education programs ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mayan languages → includesLanguage → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Guatemala Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Qʼanjobʼal Maya ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Quetzaltenango → localLanguage → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Mam → hasNeighboringLanguage → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼal → hasAlternativeName → Kanjobal de Guatemala ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Jakaltek → closelyRelatedTo → Q’anjob’al ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Mochoʼ → closelyRelatedTo → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Sipakapense → closelyRelatedTo → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Southern Mam → hasNeighboringLanguage → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Akateko → closelyRelatedTo → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Akateko → hasLanguageBranch → Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Core Mayan → hasSubgroup → Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Core Mayan → hasLanguage → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Chuj → subfamily → Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Chuj → closelyRelatedTo → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Kanjobal → alternateName → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Popti’ → relatedTo → Q’anjob’al ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Jakalteko → closelyRelatedTo → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Awakatek → hasNeighborLanguage → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Qanjobal → alternativeName → Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Akatek language → branch → Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
Qʼeqchiʼ Maya → linguisticBranch → Qʼanjobalan–Chujean (sometimes classified) ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal