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.^[1]

Sakapultek
Sacapulteco
Tujaal Tziij
Native to	Guatemala
Region	El Quiché
Ethnicity	12,900 Sakapultek (2019 census)[1]
Native speakers	6,500 (2019 census)[1]
Language family	Mayan Quichean–Mamean Greater Quichean Sakapultek
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Guatemala[2]
Regulated by	Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	quv
Glottolog	saca1238
ELP	Sakapulteko

A Sakapultek speaker from the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Glottal
			plain	sibilant			plain	pal.
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	ts	tʃ		k	kʲ	q	ʔ
	ejective	(pʼ)	tʼ	tsʼ	tʃʼ		kʼ	kʼʲ	qʼ
	implosive	ɓ
Fricative				s	ʃ		x
Nasal		m	n				ŋ
Tap			ɾ
Approximant		w	l			j

• 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]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Open		a aː