Mayan · ISO 639-3 quv
Sacapulteco Language
Sacapulteco is a Mayan language spoken by about 6,500 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Sacapulteco is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Sacapulteco language
Sacapulteco is spoken by about 6,500 people, which makes it the 548th most spoken language in the world — just behind Nauru (9,300) and ahead of Tokelau (3,300). It belongs to the Mayan language family and, more precisely, to the Core Quichean group within the Quichean-Mamean branch.
Where is Sacapulteco spoken?
Sacapulteco is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Guatemala (9,857).
Sacapulteco is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Guatemala.
Writing system and status
Sacapulteco is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as vulnerable, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are K'iche', Kaqchikel, Uspanteco and Ixil.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 quv.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.