Qanjobal

E606579

Qanjobal is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of Guatemala.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Qanjobal canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alignmentType ergative–absolutive ⓘ
alternativeName Kanjobal ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Akatek ⓘ
Chuj ⓘ
Jakaltek ⓘ
Tojolabal ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Qʼanjobʼal Maya ⓘ
hasDialect Barillas Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
San Juan Ixcoy Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
linked to: San Juan Ixcoy

Santa Eulalia Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants ⓘ
tone or pitch distinctions in some analyses ⓘ
hasStandardizationEfforts bilingual education materials ⓘ
orthography development ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 kjb ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 kjb ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan language family ⓘ
linked to: Mayan languages
linguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ
macrolanguageOf Qʼanjobʼal dialects ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
primaryRegion Guatemala ⓘ
Guatemalan highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
primarySpeakers Qʼanjobʼal people ⓘ
recognizedBy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala ⓘ
region Mesoamerica ⓘ
regionOfOrigin northwestern Guatemala ⓘ
spokenIn Barillas municipality ⓘ
Chiapas ⓘ
Huehuetenango Department ⓘ
San Juan Ixcoy municipality ⓘ
Santa Cruz Barillas region ⓘ
Santa Eulalia municipality ⓘ
status indigenous language with significant number of speakers ⓘ
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
subgroup Western Qʼanjobʼalan languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
wordOrder VSO dominant ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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