Q'anjob'al Language

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Q''anjob''al (also Kanjobal) is a Mayan language spoken primarily in Guatemala and part of Mexico. According to 1998 estimates compiled by SIL International in Ethnologue, there were approximately 77,700 native speakers, primarily in the Huehuetenango Department of Guatemala. Q''anjob''al is a member of the Q''anjob''alan branch of the Mayan language family. The Mayan language family includes 31 languages, two of which are now extinct. The Q''anjob''alan branch includes not only Q''anjob''al itself but also Chuj, Akatek, and Jakaltek, also spoken in Guatemala. The Q''anjob''alan languages are noted for being among the most conservative of the Mayan language family, although they do include some interesting innovations. As in all Mayan languages, Q''anjob''al classifies all verbs as either inherently intransitive (calling up only one argument) or as inherently transitive (calling up two arguments).[5] Q''anjob''al is an ergative-absolutive language, in which the subject, of a transitive verb takes an ergative affix, while the subject of an intransitive verb, as well as the object of a transitive verb, take an absolutive affix.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131371950
• ISBN-10: 6131371954
• Artikelnr.: 31723264