Jumaytepeque language

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Jumaytepeque
Native to Guatemala
Region Volcán Jumaytepeque
Ethnicity Xinca people
Native speakers
(moribund or extinct cited 1997) [1]
Xincan
  • Jumaytepeque
Language codes
ISO 639-3 (covered by Xinca xin)
qhq Jumaytepegue
Glottolog xink1235
ELP Jumaytepeque Xinka

Jumaytepeque is an extinct Xincan language of Guatemala that was spoken in the region of Jumaytepeque. It was discovered by Lyle Campbell in the 1970s.

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Phonology

Consonants

Jumaytepeque consonants [2] [3]
Labial Alveolar Post-

alveolar

Retroflex Velar Glottal
plain sibilant
Stop/

Affricate

plain p t t͡ʃ k ʔ
ejective t͡sʼ t͡ʃʼ
voiced b d ( ɡ )
Fricative ɬ s ʂ h
Nasal plain m n
glottalized
Approximant plain l j w
glottalized
Trill plain r
glottalized

Vowels

The Xincan languages all have 6 vowels. [4] [5]

Front Central Back
Close i iː ɨ ɨː u uː
Close-mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

References

  1. Campbell 1997:166
  2. Frauke, Sachse; Letteren, Faculteit der. "Reconstructive description of eighteenth-century Xinka grammar". openaccess.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  3. Rogers, Christopher (2010). A comparative grammar of Xinkan. University of Utah.
  4. Frauke, Sachse; Letteren, Faculteit der. "Reconstructive description of eighteenth-century Xinka grammar". openaccess.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  5. Rogers, Christopher (2010). A comparative grammar of Xinkan. University of Utah.