Mayan · ISO 639-3 usp
Uspanteco Language
Uspanteco is a Mayan language spoken by about 2,000 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Uspanteco is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Uspanteco
Language family
- Mayan
- Core Mayan
- Quichean-Mamean
- Greater Quichean
- Uspanteco
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Uspanteco language
Uspanteco is spoken by about 2,000 people, which makes it the 552nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Tlicho (2,100) and ahead of Manx (1,823). It belongs to the Mayan language family and, more precisely, to the Greater Quichean group within the Quichean-Mamean branch.
Where is Uspanteco spoken?
Uspanteco is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Guatemala (8,214).
Uspanteco is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Guatemala.
Writing system and status
Uspanteco 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, Sacapulteco and Ixil.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 usp.
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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.