Poqomam language
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| Poqomam | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Guatemala |
| Region | Alta Verapaz |
| Ethnicity | Poqomam |
|
Native speakers
|
unknown (49,000 cited 1990–1991)[1] |
|
Mayan
|
|
| Official status | |
|
Recognised minority
language in |
Guatemala[2]
|
| Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | poc |
| Glottolog | poqo1253[3] |
Poqomam is a Mayan language, closely related to Poqomchi’. It is spoken by 50,000 or so people in several small pockets in Guatemala, the largest of which is in Jalapa department.[4]
Distribution
Poqomam is spoken in the following municipalities of Escuintla, Jalapa, and Guatemala departments (Variación Dialectal en Poqom, 2000).
References
- ↑ Poqomam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ The official 2002 Guatemala census mentions a lower figure of 11,273 Poqomam speakers. See Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Vocabulario de la lengua Pocomam de Mita, includes Pokonchi of San Cristobal Cajcaj
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