Qanjobal

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Qanjobal is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Qʼanjobʼal people in the highlands of Guatemala.

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Qanjobal canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language of the Americas
natural language
alignmentType ergative–absolutive
alternativeName Kanjobal
Qʼanjobʼal
closelyRelatedTo Akatek
Chuj
Jakaltek
Tojolabal
country Guatemala
Mexico
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroupAssociated Qʼanjobʼal Maya
hasDialect Barillas Qʼanjobʼal
San Juan Ixcoy Qʼanjobʼal
linked to: San Juan Ixcoy

Santa Eulalia Qʼanjobʼal
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
tone or pitch distinctions in some analyses
hasStandardizationEfforts bilingual education materials
orthography development
languageCodeISO639-2 kjb
languageCodeISO639-3 kjb
languageFamily Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
linguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area
macrolanguageOf Qʼanjobʼal dialects
morphologicalType agglutinative
primaryRegion Guatemala
Guatemalan highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
primarySpeakers Qʼanjobʼal people
recognizedBy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
region Mesoamerica
regionOfOrigin northwestern Guatemala
spokenIn Barillas municipality
Chiapas
Huehuetenango Department
San Juan Ixcoy municipality
Santa Cruz Barillas region
Santa Eulalia municipality
status indigenous language with significant number of speakers
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch
subgroup Western Qʼanjobʼalan languages
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
wordOrder VSO dominant
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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