San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel

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San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel is a regional variety of the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken primarily in and around the municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez in Guatemala.

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San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kaqchikel language variety
Mayan language variety
regional dialect
alignmentType ergative–absolutive
basicWordOrder VOS
VSO
closelyRelatedTo Chimaltenango Kaqchikel
linked to: Chimaltenango

Sololá Kaqchikel
continent North America
country Guatemala
ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
hasAncestor Proto-Kaqchikel–Tz’utujil
Proto-Mayan language
linked to: Proto-Mayan
hasAspectSystem perfective–imperfective distinction
hasGrammarSimilarTo other Kaqchikel varieties
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts yes
hasLexicalDifferencesWith other Kaqchikel dialects
hasOralTradition yes
hasPersonMarkers set A and set B agreement markers
hasPhonologySimilarTo other Kaqchikel varieties
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Spanish
hasVowelLengthContrast yes
ISO639_3 cak (macrolanguage Kaqchikel)
languageBranch Greater Quichean
Quichean–Mamean
languageFamily Mayan languages
languageStatus indigenous language variety
minority language variety in Guatemala
morphologicalType head-marking
partOf Kaqchikel dialect continuum
linked to: Kaqchikel
region central highlands of Guatemala
spokenIn Guatemala
San Juan Sacatepéquez
spokenInRegion municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez
subdivisionOf Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
typology agglutinative language
usedAlongside Spanish
usedIn local community communication
usesGlottalizedConsonants yes
usesTone no
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Kaqchikel hasDialect San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel hasNeighboringVariety San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel