| Sipakapense | |
|---|---|
| Sipacapeño Ri Qyolb’al | |
| Native to | Sipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala |
| Region | Sipacapa |
| Ethnicity | 17,400 Sipakapense (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 4,200 (2019 census)[1] |
Mayan
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| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | qum |
| Glottolog | sipa1247 |
| ELP | Sipakapa |
Sipakapense is a Mayan language, closely related to Kʼicheʼ spoken natively within indigenous Sipakapense communities in Western Guatemala. It is primarily based in the municipality of Sipacapa in the department of San Marcos.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b Sipakapense 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. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Comunidad Lingüística Sipakapense". ALMG. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
