Sakapultek language

Sakapultek
Sakapultek
Sacapulteco
Tujaal Tziij
Native to	Guatemala
Region	El Quiché
Ethnicity	12,900 Sakapultek (2019 census)
Native speakers	6,500 (2019 census)
Language family	Mayan Quichean–Mamean Greater Quichean Sakapultek; ; ;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Guatemala
Regulated by	Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	quv
Glottolog	saca1238
ELP	Sakapulteko

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.^[1]

Phonology

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.^[3]
/qʼ/ may also be heard as an implosive [ʛ̥] in free variation.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Sakapultek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Congreso de la República de Guatemala. "Decreto Número 19-2003. Ley de Idiomas Nacionales". Retrieved 2009-06-22.
^ DuBois, John William (1981). The Sacapultec language. University of California at Berkeley.
^ Mó Isém, Romelia (2006). Gramática descriptiva Sakapulteka. Ciudad de Guatemala: OKMA Proyecto de documentación: idioma Sakapulteko.