Sipakapense belongs to the Quichean-Mamean branch of the Mayan language family. It is spoken by about 4,160 people in western Guatemala, particularly in the municipality of Sipacapa in the department of San Marcos.
Sipakapense is also known as Sipaka, Sipacapa, Sipacapa Quiché, Sipacapense or Sipacapeño. The name Sipakapense comes from the Nahuatl Sipaktlipan, and means "place of the lizard".
Sipakapense is written with the Latin alphabet, although few Sipakapense speakers are literate in their language. It is an officially recognized language in Guatemala.
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Waʼ wochbʼlaal areʼ ri jun kaʼybʼal ibʼ
Areʼ jun qʼuus laj noʼjneem
Noʼj chanim amal., jroʼq ttzatzik
¡qatz areʼ nkʼisbʼal. "Katinlqʼoj"!
Source: http://love.poem.free.fr/american-poems/sipacapense-poem.html
Information about Sipakapense | Numbers
Information about Sipakapense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipakapa_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipakapense
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/qum
http://www.native-languages.org/sipacapense.htm
http://love.poem.free.fr/american-poems/sipacapense-poem.html
Achi, Akatek, Awakatek, Chontal Maya, Chʼol, Chorti, Chuj, Huasteco, Itzaʼ, Ixil, Jakaltek, Kaqchikel, Kʼicheʼ, Lacandon, Mam, Mochoʼ, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomchiʼ, Qʼanjobʼal, Qʼeqchiʼ, Sakapultek, Sipakapense, Tektitek, Tojolabal, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tzʼutujiil, Uspantek, Yucatec Maya
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 14.12.21. Last modified: 01.06.25
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