San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel

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San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel is a regional variety of the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken in and around the town of San Andrés Itzapa in Guatemala.

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San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kaqchikel language variety
Mayan language variety
regional dialect
basicWordOrder SVO (alternative order)
VOS
belongsTo Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
coexistsWith Spanish in San Andrés Itzapa
country Guatemala
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Kaqchikel people
hasAncestor Proto-Kaqchikel
Proto-Kʼichean
linked to: Proto-Kaqchikel

Proto-Mayan
hasCodeIn ISO 639-3 cak (for Kaqchikel as a whole)
hasDialectalFeature local lexical items specific to San Andrés Itzapa
phonetic variation compared to standardized Kaqchikel
hasGrammaticalFeature aspect-based verbal system
prepositions and relational nouns
set A and set B person markers
hasSociolinguisticFeature code-switching with Spanish
intergenerational transmission under pressure from Spanish
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith neighboring Kaqchikel dialects
isSubjectOf Mayan linguistics research
dialectological studies of Kaqchikel
languageFamily Macro-Mayan (proposed)
Mayan languages
lexicalSimilarityWith other Kaqchikel varieties
morphology ergative–absolutive alignment
head-marking
rich verbal inflection
phonology contrastive glottalized consonants
five-vowel system
region central highlands of Guatemala
spokenIn Chimaltenango Department NERFINISHED
Guatemala
San Andrés Itzapa NERFINISHED
status indigenous language variety
subdivisionOf Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
subfamily Kʼichean (Quiché) branch
Quichean–Mamean languages
typology agglutinative language
usedIn everyday communication in San Andrés Itzapa
local cultural and religious practices
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Kaqchikel hasDialect San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel