Sipakapa Language
Sipakapense is a Mayan language, closely related to Kʼicheʼ spoken natively within indigenous Sipakapense communities in Western Guatemala.
It is primarily based in the municipality of Sipacapa in the department of San Marcos.
| Sipakapense | |
|---|---|
| Sipacapeño Ri Qyolb’al | |
| Native to | Sipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala |
| Region | Sipacapa |
| Ethnicity | 17,400 Sipakapense (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 4,200 (2019 census) |
Mayan
| |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qum |
| Glottolog | sipa1247 |
| ELP | Sipakapa |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | sibilant | ||||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | ts | tʃ | k | q | ʔ | |
| ejective | tʼ | tsʼ | tʃʼ | kʼ | qʼ | ||||
| implosive | ɓ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | χ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
References
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