Sakapultek people

Sakapultek
Total population
9,763 [1]
Regions with significant populations
 Guatemala [2]
El Quiché (Sacapulas)
Languages

Sakapultek, Spanish
Religion

Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion
Related ethnic groups

K'iche'

The Sakapultek are a Maya people in Guatemala, located in the municipality of Sacapulas. The Sakapultek language is closely related to K'iche'.[3]

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. http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var26.html. Retrieved 2008-05-27.  The Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) mentions a total of 36,823 for the year 1991. [1]
  2. ^ Ethnologue report for Guatemala
  3. ^ See Gordon (2005): "Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Sakapulteko, A language of Guatemala". SIL International. 1998. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=agu. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 

References

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005) (online version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth edition ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. http://www.ethnologue.com. Retrieved 2008-06-03. 
"XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var26.html. Retrieved 2008-05-27.