Uspantek language
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| Uspanteko | ||
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| Spoken in | Guatemala | |
| Region | Quiché (department) | |
| Total speakers | approx. 3,000 | |
| Language family | Mayan
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | None | |
| ISO 639-2 | myn | |
| ISO 639-3 | usp | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Uspanteko (Uspanteco, Uspanteko, Uspantec) is a Mayan language of Guatemala, closely related to K'iche'. It is spoken in the Uspantán and Playa Grande Ixcán[1] municipios, in the Department El Quiché.[1][2][3] It is also one of only three Mayan languages to have developed contrastive tone (the others being Yukatek and one dialect of Tzotzil). It distinguishes between vowels with high tone and vowels with low tone.
[edit] References
- ^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr., ed (2005). "Uspantek" (on line version). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Barbara F. Grimes (15 ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097.
- ^ "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico". http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var26.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Comunidad Lingüística Uspanteka". ALMG. http://www.almg.org.gt/portal/index.php?id=56&idioma=1. Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
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