Uspantek

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Uspantek
Total population

7,494[1]
Regions with significant populations
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala [2]
El Quiché (Uspantán)
Languages
Uspantek, Spanish
Religions
Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion
Related ethnic groups
K'iche'

The Uspantek (Uspanteco, Uspanteko) are a Maya people in Guatemala, principally located in the municipality of Uspantán. The Uspantek language is closely related to K'iche'.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ According to the official 2002 census: XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (2002). Retrieved on 2008-05-27. The Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) mentions a total of 3,000 for the year 1998. [1]
  2. ^ Ethnologue report for Guatemala
  3. ^ See Gordon (2005): Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Uspanteko, A language of Guatemala. SIL International (1998). Retrieved on 2008-06-03.

[edit] References

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (online version), Fifteenth edition, Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. Retrieved on 2008-06-03. 
XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2002). Retrieved on 2008-05-27.


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