Sakapultek people

Sakapultek
Total population
9,763 ^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Guatemala	^[2]
Languages
Sakapultek, Spanish
Religion
Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion
Related ethnic groups
K'iche'

The Sakapultek are a Maya people in Guatemala, located in the municipality of Sacapulas. The Sakapultek language is closely related to K'iche'.^[3]

Notes

↑ According to the official 2002 census: "XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico". Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2002. Retrieved 2008-05-27. The Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) mentions a total of 36,823 for the year 1991.
↑ Ethnologue report for Guatemala
↑ See Gordon (2005): "Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Sakapulteko, A language of Guatemala". SIL International. 1998. Retrieved 2008-06-03.

Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (online version) (Fifteenth ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. OCLC 60338097. Retrieved 2008-06-03.

Ancestry and ethnicity in Guatemala

Guatemalan Indians (Maya and others)	Achi Akatek Awakatek Chuj Ch'orti' Itza Ixil Jakaltek Kaqchikel K'iche' Mam Mopan Poqomam Poqomchi' Q'anjob'al Q'eqchi' Sakapultek Sipakapense Tektitek Tz'utujil Uspantek Xinca

Former and extinct	Acala Ch'ol Chinamita Kejache Kowoj Lakandon Ch'ol Manche Ch'ol Pipil Tojolabal Toquegua Yalain

Guatemalan mestizo	Mestizo

Descendants of Europeans (whites or Criollo)	Belgian British French German Italian Russian Scandinavian Spanish Swiss

Descendants of Asians	Chinese Japanese Jewish Korean Lebanese

Descendants of African slaves	Garifuna Mulatto Zambo

Americas	Americans Mexicans Salvadorans

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