Yupiltepeque language
| Yupiltepeque | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Guatemala |
| Region | Yupiltepeque |
| Ethnicity | Xinca people |
| Extinct | by 1920[1] |
Xincan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (covered by Xinca xin) |
qco Yupiltepegue | |
| Glottolog | xinc1243 |
Yupiltepeque is an extinct Xincan language of Guatemala, from the region of Yupiltepeque.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Close-mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | sibilant | ||||||
| Stop | p | t | k | ||||
| Affricate | plain | t͡ʃ | |||||
| ejective | t͡sʼ | ||||||
| Fricative | ɬ | s | ʃ | h | |||
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ||||
| glottalized | nʼ | ||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
References
- ^ Campbell 1997:166
- ^ Frauke, Sachse; Letteren, Faculteit der. "Reconstructive description of eighteenth-century Xinka grammar". openaccess.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ Rogers, Christopher (2010). A comparative grammar of Xinkan. University of Utah.
- ^ Frauke, Sachse; Letteren, Faculteit der. "Reconstructive description of eighteenth-century Xinka grammar". openaccess.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ Rogers, Christopher (2010). A comparative grammar of Xinkan. University of Utah.
Sources
- Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1.