Uspanteko people

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The Uspanteko people are an indigenous Maya group of Guatemala with their own distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical presence in the highland region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Uspanteko people canonical 2
Uspantek people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
culturalArea Mesoamerica ⓘ
culturalTradition Maya calendar observances ⓘ
Maya ritual practices ⓘ
traditional communal festivals ⓘ
traditional maize agriculture ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
department El Quiché Department ⓘ
ethnicity Maya ⓘ
ethnonymInSpanish Uspantecos ⓘ
ethnonymInUspanteko Uspanteko ⓘ
linked to: Uspantek
hasCommunityAuthorities yes ⓘ
hasDistinctIdentityFrom other Maya groups in Guatemala ⓘ
hasOralTradition yes ⓘ
heritageLanguageStatus endangered ⓘ
historicalRegion Maya highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
indigenousTo Guatemala ⓘ
Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
language Uspanteko language ⓘ
linked to: Uspantek language
languageFamily Mayan languages ⓘ
mainStapleCrop beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
nativeLanguage Uspanteko language ⓘ
linked to: Uspantek language
partOf indigenous peoples of Guatemala ⓘ
primaryMunicipality Uspantán ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Government of Guatemala ⓘ
region Guatemalan Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
relatedEthnicGroup Ixil people ⓘ
Kʼicheʼ people ⓘ
Poqomchiʼ people ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ people ⓘ
religion Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

Maya religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subgroupOf Maya peoples ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Maya religion ⓘ
usesTraditionalDress yes ⓘ
writingSystemForLanguage Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Uspantek → spokenBy → Uspanteko people ⓘ
Uspantán → hasEthnicGroup → Uspantek people ⓘ
linked to: Uspanteko people
Uspantek language → ethnicGroup → Uspanteko people ⓘ