| Uspantek | |
|---|---|
| Uspanteco | |
| Native to | Guatemala |
| Region | Quiché (department) |
| Ethnicity | Uspantek |
Native speakers | 5,100 (2019 census)[1] |
Mayan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | usp |
| Glottolog | uspa1245 |
| ELP | Uspanteko |
Uspantek (Uspanteco, Uspanteko, Uspantec) is a Mayan language of Guatemala, closely related to Kʼicheʼ. 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.
- ^ a b Uspantek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico". Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Comunidad Lingüística Uspanteka". ALMG. Retrieved 2009-06-28. [dead link]
