Quiché

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Quiché is the Spanish name for the Kʼicheʼ people and their Mayan language, primarily associated with the highland region of Guatemala.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quiché canonical 5
Kʼicheʼ Maya kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
ethnic group
associatedWithAncientPolity Kʼicheʼ Kingdom of Qʼumarkaj
associatedWithPreColumbianCivilization Maya civilization
basicWordOrder verb–object–subject (VOS)
closelyRelatedTo Kaqchikel language
linked to: Kaqchikel

Tzʼutujil language
countryOfficialLanguageAlongside Spanish language (in Guatemala, de facto)
ethnicGroupLanguage Kʼicheʼ language
ethnicGroupOf Kʼicheʼ people
ethnicPopulationRegion Guatemalan Highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
ethnonymInEnglish Kʼicheʼ
ethnonymInSpanish Quiché
hasAutonym Kʼicheʼ
hasDialect Central Kʼicheʼ
Eastern Kʼicheʼ
Western Kʼicheʼ
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Maya peoples
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
rich aspectual system
hasNameInSpanish Quiché
hasOfficialRecognitionIn Guatemala
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
vowel length distinctions
hasSacredText Popol Vuh
historicallySpelled Quiche (without accent)
linked to: Quichean–Mamean
historicalWritingSystem Mayan hieroglyphs
isIndigenousTo Guatemala
Mesoamerica
languageEndonym Kʼicheʼ chʼabʼal
languageOf Kʼicheʼ language
languageStatus major indigenous language of Guatemala
languageTypology agglutinative language
locatedInCountry Guatemala
partOfLanguageBranch Quichean languages
partOfLanguageFamily Mayan languages
PopolVuhLanguage Classical Kʼicheʼ
linked to: Kʼicheʼ Maya
primarilyAssociatedWith Guatemalan Highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
recognizedAs national language of Guatemala (indigenous)
refersTo Kʼicheʼ language
Kʼicheʼ people
region Departments of Quiché and Totonicapán
linked to: Quiché Department

Western Highlands of Guatemala
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
spokenBy Kʼicheʼ people
spokenIn Guatemala
UNESCOStatus vulnerable language (varies by dialect)
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kʼicheʼ alternateName Quiché
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica majorState Kʼicheʼ Maya kingdom
linked to: Quiché
Quiché hasNameInSpanish Quiché
Quiché ethnonymInSpanish Quiché
Kiche alternateName Quiché