San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel
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San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel is a regional variety of the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken primarily in and around the municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez in Guatemala.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4069562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel Context triple: [Kaqchikel, hasDialect, San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel]
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A.
Santiago Atitlán
Santiago Atitlán is a traditional Tz'utujil Maya town in Guatemala known for its vibrant indigenous culture, crafts, and scenic location on the shores of Lake Atitlán.
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B.
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango is a major city in Guatemala known for its highland setting, rich Mayan and colonial heritage, and role as an important cultural and economic center.
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C.
Quezaltepeque
Quezaltepeque is an alternative name for the San Salvador Volcano, a prominent stratovolcano overlooking El Salvador’s capital city.
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D.
Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala is a historic colonial city in southern Guatemala renowned for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture and cobblestone streets, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Totonicapán
Totonicapán is a town in western Guatemala known for its indigenous K’iche’ Maya population, traditional textiles, and role as the capital of the department of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel Target entity description: San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel is a regional variety of the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken primarily in and around the municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez in Guatemala.
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A.
Santiago Atitlán
Santiago Atitlán is a traditional Tz'utujil Maya town in Guatemala known for its vibrant indigenous culture, crafts, and scenic location on the shores of Lake Atitlán.
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B.
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango is a major city in Guatemala known for its highland setting, rich Mayan and colonial heritage, and role as an important cultural and economic center.
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C.
Quezaltepeque
Quezaltepeque is an alternative name for the San Salvador Volcano, a prominent stratovolcano overlooking El Salvador’s capital city.
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D.
Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala is a historic colonial city in southern Guatemala renowned for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture and cobblestone streets, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Totonicapán
Totonicapán is a town in western Guatemala known for its indigenous K’iche’ Maya population, traditional textiles, and role as the capital of the department of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kaqchikel language variety
ⓘ
Mayan language variety ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
| alignmentType | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chimaltenango
ⓘ
surface form:
Chimaltenango Kaqchikel
Sololá Kaqchikel ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Kaqchikel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaqchikel Maya
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Kaqchikel–Tzʼutujil language
ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Kaqchikel–Tz’utujil
Proto-Mayan ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Mayan language
|
| hasAspectSystem | perfective–imperfective distinction ⓘ |
| hasGrammarSimilarTo | other Kaqchikel varieties ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts | yes ⓘ |
| hasLexicalDifferencesWith | other Kaqchikel dialects ⓘ |
| hasOralTradition | yes ⓘ |
| hasPersonMarkers | set A and set B agreement markers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologySimilarTo | other Kaqchikel varieties ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | bilingualism with Spanish ⓘ |
| hasVowelLengthContrast | yes ⓘ |
| ISO639_3 | cak (macrolanguage Kaqchikel) ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Greater Quichean
ⓘ
Quichean–Mamean ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
indigenous language variety
ⓘ
minority language variety in Guatemala ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | head-marking ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kaqchikel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaqchikel dialect continuum
|
| region | central highlands of Guatemala ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
ⓘ
San Juan Sacatepéquez ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Kaqchikel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaqchikel language
|
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Spanish ⓘ |
| usedIn | local community communication ⓘ |
| usesGlottalizedConsonants | yes ⓘ |
| usesTone | no ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel Description of subject: San Juan Sacatepéquez Kaqchikel is a regional variety of the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken primarily in and around the municipality of San Juan Sacatepéquez in Guatemala.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.