Greater Qʼanjobʼalan

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Greater Qʼanjobʼalan is a branch of the Mayan language family that groups together several closely related Qʼanjobʼalan languages spoken in parts of Guatemala and neighboring regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language branch
subgroup of the Mayan language family
branchOf Qʼanjobʼalan branch
fieldOfStudy historical linguistics
geneticRelationship closely related Qʼanjobʼalan languages
hasAlternativeName Greater Qʼanjobʼal
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
hasAncestor Proto-Mayan
Proto-Qʼanjobʼalan
hasMember Akateko language
Chuj language
Jakaltek language
Mochoʼ language
Poptiʼ language
Qʼanjobʼal language
Tojolabal language
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization in consonants
hasSubgroup Chuj–Tojolabal subgroup
Mochoʼ subgroup
Qʼanjobʼal–Akateko–Jakaltek subgroup
hasSyntacticFeature use of aspect-marking on verbs
isSubjectOf comparative Mayan linguistics
languageFamily Mayan
linguisticClassificationLevel low-level branch within Mayan family
partOf Mayan language family
region Chiapas, Mexico
linked to: Chiapas

western Guatemala
sharesFeatureWith other Mayan branches
spokenIn Guatemala
Mesoamerica
Mexico
subclassOf Mayan languages
Qʼanjobʼalan languages
typologicalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
head-marking morphology
verb–initial basic word order
usedBy indigenous communities in Guatemala
indigenous communities in southern Mexico
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Sipakapense subfamily Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Mam language branch Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Northern Mam subfamilyOf Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Qyol Mam partOfLanguageFamily Greater Qʼanjobʼalan–Mamean
subject linked to: Qyol Mam (in some communities)
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan hasAlternativeName Greater Qʼanjobʼal
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan hasAlternativeName Greater Qʼanjobʼalan branch
linked to: Greater Qʼanjobʼalan