Sakapultek language

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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 Template:Sigfig people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Glottal
			plain	sibilant			plain	pal.
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPA link	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
	ejective	(Template:IPA link)	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPA link	Template:IPAlink
	implosive	Template:IPAlink
Fricative				Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink
Nasal		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink				Template:IPAlink
Tap			Template:IPAlink
Approximant		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink			Template:IPAlink

• 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

	Front	Central	Back
Close	Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink
Mid	Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink
Open		Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink

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

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