Sipakapa language

{{Infobox language

| name = Sipakapense

| nativename = {{lang|qum|Ri Qyolb’al}}

| states = Sipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala

| region = Sipacapa

| ethnicity = 17,400 Sipakapense (2019 census)

| speakers = {{sigfig|4,160|2}}

| date = 2019 census

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Mayan

| fam1 = Mayan

| fam2 = Quichean–Mamean

| fam3 = Greater Quichean

| iso3 = qum

| glotto = sipa1247

| glottorefname = Sipacapense

| agency = Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

| altname = Sipacapeño

}}

Sipakapense is a Mayan language, closely related to Kʼicheʼ spoken natively within indigenous Sipakapense communities in Western Guatemala. It is primarily based in the municipality of Sipacapa in the department of San Marcos.{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var26.html |title=XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico |access-date=2008-05-27 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas |year=2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612073239/http://www.ine.gob.gt/Nesstar/Censo2002/survey0/dataSet/dataFiles/dataFile1/var26.html |archive-date=2008-06-12 }}{{cite web | title=Comunidad Lingüística Sipakapense | url=https://www.almg.org.gt/portfolio-item/c-l-sipakapense | publisher=ALMG |access-date=2021-02-01}}

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" \| ! rowspan="2" \|Labial ! colspan="2" \|Alveolar ! rowspan="2" \|Post- alveolar ! rowspan="2" \|Palatal ! rowspan="2" \|Velar ! rowspan="2" \|Uvular ! rowspan="2" \|Glottal
plain !sibilant
rowspan="3" \|Plosive/ Affricate !voiceless \|{{IPAlink\|p}} \|{{IPAlink\|t}} \|{{IPAlink\|ts}} \|{{IPAlink\|tʃ}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|k}} \|{{IPAlink\|q}} \|{{IPAlink\|ʔ}}
ejective \| \|{{IPAlink\|tʼ}} \|{{IPAlink\|tsʼ}} \|{{IPAlink\|tʃʼ}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|kʼ}} \|{{IPAlink\|qʼ}} \|
implosive \|{{IPAlink\|ɓ}} \| \| \| \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|s}} \|{{IPAlink\|ʃ}} \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|χ}} \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|{{IPAlink\|m}} \|{{IPAlink\|n}} \| \| \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Trill \| \|{{IPAlink\|r}} \| \| \| \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \| \|{{IPAlink\|l}} \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|j}} \|{{IPAlink\|w}} \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" |Labial

! colspan="2" |Alveolar

! rowspan="2" |Post-
alveolar

! rowspan="2" |Palatal

! rowspan="2" |Velar

! rowspan="2" |Uvular

! rowspan="2" |Glottal

plain

!sibilant

rowspan="3" |Plosive/
Affricate

!voiceless

|{{IPAlink|p}}

|{{IPAlink|t}}

|{{IPAlink|ts}}

|{{IPAlink|tʃ}}

|

|{{IPAlink|k}}

|{{IPAlink|q}}

|{{IPAlink|ʔ}}

ejective

|

|{{IPAlink|tʼ}}

|{{IPAlink|tsʼ}}

|{{IPAlink|tʃʼ}}

|

|{{IPAlink|kʼ}}

|{{IPAlink|qʼ}}

|

implosive

|{{IPAlink|ɓ}}

|

colspan="2" |Fricative

|

|{{IPAlink|s}}

|{{IPAlink|ʃ}}

|

|{{IPAlink|χ}}

|

colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPAlink|m}}

|{{IPAlink|n}}

|

colspan="2" |Trill

|

|{{IPAlink|r}}

|

colspan="2" |Approximant

|

|{{IPAlink|l}}

|

|{{IPAlink|j}}

|{{IPAlink|w}}

|

= Vowels =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! !Front !Central !Back
Close \|{{IPAlink\|i}} {{IPAlink\|iː}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|u}} {{IPAlink\|uː}}
Mid \|{{IPAlink\|e}} {{IPAlink\|eː}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|o}} {{IPAlink\|oː}}
Open \| \|{{IPAlink\|a}} {{IPAlink\|aː}} \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!

|{{IPAlink|i}} {{IPAlink|iː}}

|

|{{IPAlink|u}} {{IPAlink|uː}}

Mid

|{{IPAlink|e}} {{IPAlink|eː}}

|