Cotzal Ixil

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Cotzal Ixil is a regional variety of the Ixil Mayan language spoken primarily in and around the municipality of San Juan Cotzal in Guatemala.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cotzal Ixil canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ixil dialect
Mayan language variety
regional language variety
closelyRelatedTo Chajul Ixil
Nebaj Ixil
linked to: Ixil
country Guatemala
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Ixil people
hasDialectContinuumWith Chajul Ixil
Nebaj Ixil
linked to: Chajul Ixil
hasLinguisticFeature complex aspect and status markers
ergative–absolutive alignment
verb–initial basic word order
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts (as in Ixil)
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Ixil varieties
languageBranch Mamean
languageFamily Mayan
minorityLanguageIn Guatemala
namedAfter San Juan Cotzal
partOfLanguageBranch Greater Mamean languages
Mamean languages
partOfLanguageFamily Mayan languages
region San Juan Cotzal region
spokenIn Guatemala
Quiché Department
San Juan Cotzal
subdivisionOf Ixil language
usedFor everyday communication
local cultural practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Ixil hasDialect Cotzal Ixil
Ixil language hasDialects Cotzal Ixil