Sakapultek or Sacapulteco is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché). It is spoken by approximately people in Sacapulas, El Quiché department and in Guatemala City.

Phonology

Consonants LabialAlveolarPost-alveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottalplainsibilantplainpal.Plosive/Affricatevoicelessejective()implosiveFricativeNasalTapApproximant

Plain voiceless stops are aspirated [Cʰ] in syllable-final position. /ɓ/ is heard as an ejective [pʼ] or a voiceless implosive [ɓ̥] when before consonants, or in syllable-final or word-final positions. /qʼ/ may also be heard as an implosive [ʛ̥] in free variation.

Vowels FrontCentralBackClose Mid Open

References

External links The John William Dubois Collection Of Sacapultec Sound Recordings at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America