Uspanteko people

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The Uspanteko people are an indigenous Maya group of Guatemala with their own distinct language, cultural traditions, and historical presence in the highland region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Uspanteko people canonical 2
Uspantek people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya people
indigenous people
continent North America
country Guatemala
culturalArea Mesoamerica
culturalTradition Maya calendar observances
Maya ritual practices
traditional communal festivals
traditional maize agriculture
weaving
department El Quiché Department
ethnicity Maya
ethnonymInSpanish Uspantecos
ethnonymInUspanteko Uspanteko
linked to: Uspantek
hasCommunityAuthorities yes
hasDistinctIdentityFrom other Maya groups in Guatemala
hasOralTradition yes
heritageLanguageStatus endangered
historicalRegion Maya highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
indigenousTo Guatemala
Guatemalan Highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
language Uspanteko language
linked to: Uspantek language
languageFamily Mayan languages
mainStapleCrop beans
maize
squash
nativeLanguage Uspanteko language
linked to: Uspantek language
partOf indigenous peoples of Guatemala
primaryMunicipality Uspantán
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Government of Guatemala
region Guatemalan Highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
relatedEthnicGroup Ixil people
Kʼicheʼ people
Poqomchiʼ people
Qʼeqchiʼ people
religion Evangelical Christianity
linked to: Evangelicalism

Maya religion
Roman Catholicism
subgroupOf Maya peoples
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligion Maya religion
usesTraditionalDress yes
writingSystemForLanguage Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Uspantek spokenBy Uspanteko people
Uspantán hasEthnicGroup Uspantek people
linked to: Uspanteko people
Uspantek language ethnicGroup Uspanteko people