Sipakapa language

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]

Sipakapense
Sipacapeño
Ri Qyolb’al
Native toSipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala
RegionSipacapa
Ethnicity17,400 Sipakapense (2019 census)
Native speakers
4,200 (2019 census)[1]
Mayan
Official status
Regulated byAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
Language codes
ISO 639-3qum
Glottologsipa1247
ELPSipakapa

References

  1. Sipakapense at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. "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.
  3. "Comunidad Lingüística Sipakapense". ALMG. Retrieved 2021-02-01.


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