Qʼeqchiʼ

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Qʼeqchiʼ is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼeqchiʼ people in Guatemala and neighboring regions of Central America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Qʼeqchiʼ canonical 4
Qeqchiʼ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language
closelyRelatedTo Itzaʼ Maya
linked to: Itza Maya

Mopan Maya
Yucatec Maya
ethnicGroup Qʼeqchiʼ people
family Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
glottocode qeqc1242
hasDialect Cahabón Qʼeqchiʼ
Cobán Qʼeqchiʼ
linked to: Cobán

Lanquin Qʼeqchiʼ
linked to: Lanquin

San Pedro Carchá Qʼeqchiʼ
linked to: San Pedro Carchá
hasFeature agglutinative morphology
ergative–absolutive alignment
glottalized consonants
head-marking grammar
rich consonant inventory
verb–initial word order
vowel length contrast
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization of stops and affricates
five-vowel system with length distinction
hasSyntacticFeature person marking on verbs for both subject and object
ISO639-3Code kek
languageFamily Mayan
linked to: Maya civilization
languageStatus subject to pressure from Spanish
vigorous use in many communities
macrolanguage Maya languages
linked to: Mayan languages
primaryRegion Alta Verapaz Department NERFINISHED
Baja Verapaz Department NERFINISHED
Izabal Department NERFINISHED
Petén Department NERFINISHED
regulatingBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Belize
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
subfamily Eastern Mayan branch
Qʼanjobalan–Chujean branch
usedFor daily communication
local radio broadcasting
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in Guatemala
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Cobán languageSpoken Qʼeqchiʼ
Qʼeqchiʼ people hasAutonym Qʼeqchiʼ
Huehuetenango Department hasIndigenousLanguages Qeqchiʼ
linked to: Qʼeqchiʼ