Sakapultek language

Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.

Phonology

Consonants

• Plain voiceless stops are aspirated [CÊ°] in syllable-final position.
• /ɓ/ is heard as an ejective [pʼ] or a voiceless implosive [ɓ̥] when before consonants, or in syllable-final or word-final positions.
• /qʼ/ may also be heard as an implosive [ʛ̥] in free variation.

Vowels

References

External links

• The John William Dubois Collection Of Sacapultec Sound Recordings at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
• Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America