Sakapultek language

A Sakapultek speaker from the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately 6,500 people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.

Phonology

Consonants

  • Plain voiceless stops are aspirated [Cʰ] in syllable-final position.
  • /ɓ/ is heard as an ejective [pʼ] or a voiceless implosive [ɓ̥] when before consonants, or in syllable-final or word-final positions.
  • /qʼ/ may also be heard as an implosive [ʛ̥] in free variation.

Vowels

References


Uses material from the Wikipedia article Sakapultek language, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.