Sakapultek language
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
External links
- The John William Dubois Collection Of Sacapultec Sound Recordings at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
- Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America