Sakapultek language

Sakapultek
Sacapulteco
Spoken in Guatemala
Region El Quiché
Ethnicity Sakapultek
Native speakers 15,000  (2006)
Language family
Mayan
Official status
Recognised minority language in Guatemala[1]
Regulated by Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 quv

Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to K'iche'(Quiché). It is spoken by approximately 15,000 people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Congreso de la República de Guatemala. "Decreto Número 19-2003. Ley de Idiomas Nacionales". http://www.congreso.gob.gt/gt/mostrar_ley.asp?id=448. Retrieved 2009-06-22. 
  2. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Sakapulteko" (online version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16 ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=quv. Retrieved 2009-12-15. 
  3. ^ The official 2002 census mentions a lower figure of 6.973 Sakapulteko speakers. See "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Idioma o lengua en que aprendió a hablar". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var27.html. Retrieved 2009-12-15.