Achi | |
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Achiʼ | |
Native to | Guatemala |
Region | Baja Verapaz |
Ethnicity | 161,000 Achi (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 120,000 (2019 census)[1] |
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Official status | |
Recognised minority | |
Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | acr |
Glottolog | achi1256 |
ELP | Achi' |
Achi (Achí in Spanish) is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ (Quiché in the older orthography). It is spoken by the Achi people, primarily in the department of Baja VerapazinGuatemala.
There are two Achi dialects. Rabinal Achi is spoken in the Rabinal area, and Cubulco Achi is spoken in the Cubulco area west of Rabinal.
One of the masterpieces of precolumbian literature is the Rabinal Achí, a theatrical play written in the Achi language.
The tables present the consonant[2] and vowel[3] phonemes of Achi. On the left is the spelling in use.[4]
Labial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Pharyn- geal |
Glottal | |||
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Nasal | m [m] | n [n] | |||||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p [p] | t [t] | tz [ts] | ch [tʃ] | k [k] | q [q] | ’ [ʔ] | |
ejective | tʼ [tʼ] | tzʼ [tsʼ] | chʼ [tʃʼ] | kʼ [kʼ] | |||||
implosive | bʼ [ɓ] | ||||||||
Fricative | s [s] | x [ʃ] | j [χ] | qʼ [ʕ] | |||||
Trill | r [r] | ||||||||
Approximant | w [w] | l [l] | y [j] |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i [i] ii [iː] | u [u] uu [uː] | |
Mid | e [e] ee [eː] | o [o] oo [oː] | |
Open | a [a] aa [aː] |
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