Poqomchi' language

Poqomchi’
Native to Guatemala
Region Baja Verapaz
Ethnicity Poqomchi'
Native speakers
 92,000 (1998–2000)[1]
Mayan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 poh
Glottolog poqo1254[2]

Poqomchi’ (Pokomchi, Poqomchii') is a Mayan language spoken by the Poqomchi’ Maya of Guatemala, and is very closely related to Poqomam. Its two main dialects, eastern and western, were spoken by 90,000 or so people in the year 2000, in Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, and in the following municipalities of Alta Verapaz: Santa Cruz Verapaz, San Cristóbal Verapaz, Tactic, Tamahú and Tucurú. It is also the predominant language in the municipality of Chicamán (El Quiché), which borders Alta Verapaz.[3]

Distribution

Poqomam is spoken in the following municipalities of Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, and El Quiché departments (Variación Dialectal en Poqom, 2000).

Notes

  1. ↑ Poqomchi’ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Poqomchi'". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ "Demografía". Municipalidad de Chicamán. Retrieved 2008-05-14.

References

Spanne, Joan (2009-02-19). "ISO 639-3 Change Requests Series 2008: Summary of Outcomes" (PDF). SIL International. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
Mariscal, David (2015). "Mayan-poqomchi´ identity in its spiritual and religious manifestations". Revista De Estudios Sociales. 
Mariscal, David (2014). "Ethnic Relations between the Q́eqchí and Poqomchí of Guatemala: Preservation, Transculturation and Mutual Influence". Procedia - Social And Behavioral Sciences. 
Mó Isém, Romelia (2007). "Rutoxl q'orik pan Poqomchi' Derivación de palabras Poqomchi'". Guatemala: Cholsamaj. 
Mora‐Marín, D. F. (2003). "Historical Reconstruction of Mayan Applicative and Antidative Constructions". International Journal of American Linguistics. doi:10.1086/379684. 
Wichmann, S.; Brown, C. H. (2003). "Contact among Some Mayan Languages: Inferences from Loanwords". Anthropological Linguistics. JSTOR 30028873. 


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