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325 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Quiché ki���ei
Language name Quechua �ketʃwə
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Penutian Mayan
Language family Andean- Andean
Equatorial
Spoken in Guatemala, Mexico
Spoken in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina
Approximate number of speakers 500k
Approximate number of speakers 8m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-final
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare uvular; ejective
consonant (types)
Contains following rare uvular; ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
and fusional
Particular formation types suffix
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
verbs, wordbased
nouns
Syntax
Word order SOV NA prepositions
PossN
Particular formation types incorporation; full and partial reduplication; suffix
Particular syntactic phenomena conjugation classes
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977)
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; nominative /
accusative marking; evidentials
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Haspelmath et al. (2005),
Katzner (1977), Maddieson (1984), Mithun (1984)