Poqomam language

Poqomam
Native toGuatemala
RegionAlta Verapaz
Ethnicity46,500 Poqomam (2019 census)
Native speakers
11,000 (2019 census)[1]
Mayan
  • Core Mayan
    • Quichean–Mamean
      • Greater Quichean
        • Pocom
          • Poqomam
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
Language codes
ISO 639-3poc
Glottologpoqo1253
ELPPoqomam

Poqomam is a Mayan language, closely related to Poqomchiʼ. It is spoken by 50,000 or so people in several small pockets in Guatemala, the largest of which is in Jalapa department.[2]

  1. ^ Poqomam at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021) Closed access icon
  2. ^ The official 2002 Guatemala census mentions a lower figure of 11,273 Poqomam speakers. See "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) – Idioma o lengua en que aprendió a hablar". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-27.