Poqomam language
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Poqomam | ||
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Spoken in: | Guatemala | |
Region: | Alta Verapaz | |
Total speakers: | approx. 30,000 | |
Language family: | Mayan Quichean-Mamean Greater Quichean Quichean-Poqom Poqom Poqomam |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | ||
ISO 639-3: | variously: poc — Central Poqomam poa — Eestern pou — Southern Poqomam |
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Poqomam is a Mayan language, closely related to Poqomchí. It is spoken by ca. 30,000 people in several small pockets in Guatemala, the largest of which is in the Alta Verapaz department but which extend to El Salvador.