Kaqchikel

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Kaqchikel is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Kaqchikel people in the central highlands of Guatemala.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kaqchikel Maya 19
Kaqchikel canonical 14
Kaqchikel language 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language
language of Guatemala
closelyRelatedTo Kʼicheʼ language
Tzʼutujil language
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
country Guatemala
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Kaqchikel people
family Mayan language family
glottocode kaqc1270
hasAlternativeName Cakchiquel
Kaqchiquel
linked to: Kaqchikel
hasDialect Antigua Kaqchikel
San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel
San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel
Sololá Kaqchikel
linked to: Sololá
hasDigitalPresence used in community radio broadcasting
used on social media
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
head-marking morphology
rich aspectual system
set A and set B person markers
verb–initial basic word order
hasLiteraryTradition modern written literature
oral tradition
hasOfficialRecognition recognized as a national language of Guatemala
hasOrganization Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
glottalized consonants
iso639-3 cak
languageFamily Mayan
languageOf Kaqchikel people
macrolanguage Mayan languages
region departments of Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez, Sololá and surrounding areas
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Guatemala
central highlands of Guatemala
standardizationBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
subfamily Quichean–Mamean
subgroup Kʼicheʼan languages
linked to: Mayan languages
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
predicate-initial clauses (often VOS or VSO)
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in Guatemala
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (49)

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

Guatemala recognizedLanguage Kaqchikel
Spanish conquest of Guatemala mainAdversary Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Guatemala Highlands hasEthnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Guatemala Highlands hasLanguage Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Lake Atitlán primaryIndigenousGroups Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Lake Atitlán hasLanguageSpoken Kaqchikel
Kaqchikel hasAlternativeName Kaqchiquel
linked to: Kaqchikel
Kʼicheʼ closelyRelatedTo Kaqchikel
Guatemalan Americans language Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala promotes Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Poqomam relatedTo Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Maya peoples hasSubgroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Chimaltenango Department ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Sololá Department ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Kʼicheʼ language closelyRelatedTo Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Panajachel hasLocalLanguage Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Sololá languageSpoken Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Sololá ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Sacatepéquez Department hasIndigenousLanguage Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Kaqchikel people language Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Santa Catarina Palopó ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Jaibalito ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Jaibalito localLanguages Kaqchikel
Tzununá inhabitedBy Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Tzununá hasLanguage Kaqchikel
Tzʼutujil Maya relatedEthnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
San Marcos La Laguna languageUsed Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Quichean–Mamean includesLanguage Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel subdivisionOf Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel dialectOf Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Santa María de Jesús Kaqchikel isPartOf Kaqchikel dialect continuum
linked to: Kaqchikel
San Andrés Itzapa Kaqchikel subdivisionOf Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
Santa Cruz La Laguna hasEthnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
Cakchiquel alternateName Kaqchikel
Cakchiquel alternateName Kaqchiquel
linked to: Kaqchikel
Cakchiquel ethnicGroupAssociated Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
San Antonio Palopó ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel
San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel subdivisionOf Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel
San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel partOf Kaqchikel dialect continuum
linked to: Kaqchikel
San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel ethnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel