Greater Qʼanjobʼalan

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Greater Qʼanjobʼalan is a branch of the Mayan language family that groups together several closely related Qʼanjobʼalan languages spoken in parts of Guatemala and neighboring regions.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch ⓘ
subgroup of the Mayan language family ⓘ
branchOf Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
fieldOfStudy historical linguistics ⓘ
geneticRelationship closely related Qʼanjobʼalan languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Greater Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Mayan ⓘ
Proto-Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ
hasMember Akateko language ⓘ
Chuj language ⓘ
Jakaltek language ⓘ
Mochoʼ language ⓘ
Poptiʼ language ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼal language ⓘ
Tojolabal language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization in consonants ⓘ
hasSubgroup Chuj–Tojolabal subgroup ⓘ
Mochoʼ subgroup ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼal–Akateko–Jakaltek subgroup ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature use of aspect-marking on verbs ⓘ
isSubjectOf comparative Mayan linguistics ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan ⓘ
linguisticClassificationLevel low-level branch within Mayan family ⓘ
partOf Mayan language family ⓘ
region Chiapas, Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Chiapas

western Guatemala ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith other Mayan branches ⓘ
spokenIn Guatemala ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
subclassOf Mayan languages ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼalan languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ
verb–initial basic word order ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities in Guatemala ⓘ
indigenous communities in southern Mexico ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (6)

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

Sipakapense → subfamily → Greater Qʼanjobʼalan ⓘ
Mam language → branch → Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Northern Mam → subfamilyOf → Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Qyol Mam → partOfLanguageFamily → Greater Qʼanjobʼalan–Mamean ⓘ
subject linked to: Qyol Mam (in some communities)
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan → hasAlternativeName → Greater Qʼanjobʼal ⓘ
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan → hasAlternativeName → Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan