Pocomam language
| Pocomam | ||
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Spoken in |
Guatemala | |
| speaker | approx. 31,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639-3 |
poc Poqomam |
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Pocomam , also Poqomam , is a Maya language spoken by indigenous people , the Pocomames of the same name, in Guatemala .
As a Maya language , Pocomam is classified as a subgroup of Pocom, to which the similar Pocomchí is counted.
In 1995 the number of speakers of this language was estimated at around 31,000, mainly in Alta Verapaz and Jalapa (Guatemala).
Pocomam used to be spoken in western El Salvador and in Honduras .
The classic Pocomames grew corn and beans, made pots and produced charcoal , their houses were occasionally made of bahareque and adobe ; there were individual settlements around churches or town halls.
Within the Pocoman, a Pocomam central , which is spoken in Chinautla and El Salvador, and a Pocomam oriental , which is spoken in San Luis Jilotepeque in the Jalapa department , and a Pocomam Suroriental , which is spoken in Palín, a municipality in the Escuintla department , is spoken, must be distinguished.
National language
Following the reform of Article 143 of the Guatemala Constitution, Pocoman is an officially recognized language. It is standardized by the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala and written with the Latin alphabet.
Individual evidence
- ↑ José Francisco Santos Nicolás, José Gonzalo Benito Pérez, Oxlajuuj Keej Maya 'Ajtz'iib' (Group), Oxlajuuj Keej Maya 'Ajtz'iib' (Group), Rukorb'aal poqom q'orb'al: Gramática poqom (poqomam) , Cholsamaj Fundacion, 1998, 480 SS 481.
- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr., Ethnologue report
- ↑ georgetown.edu Proyecto de Reformas a la Constitución Política