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Index Ixil language

Ixil (Ixhil) is a Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Guatemala.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 45 relations: Absolutive case, Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Affricate, Alveolar consonant, Approximant, Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America, Bacalar Municipality, Back vowel, Campeche, Campeche Municipality, Central vowel, Chajul, Champotón Municipality, Close vowel, Close-mid vowel, Education Resources Information Center, Ergative case, Ergative–absolutive alignment, Fricative, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, Glottalic consonant, Guatemala, Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, Ixil people, Labial consonant, Mamean languages, Mayan languages, Mexico, Nasal consonant, Open vowel, Palatal consonant, Plosive, Postalveolar consonant, Pronoun, Quiché Department, Quintana Roo, Reciprocal pronoun, Reflexive pronoun, Retroflex consonant, San Juan Cotzal, Santa Maria Nebaj, Tap and flap consonants, Uvular consonant, Velar consonant.

  2. Indigenous languages of Central America
  3. Ixil
  4. Languages of Guatemala
  5. Quiché Department

Absolutive case

In grammar, the absolutive case (abbreviated) is the case of nouns in ergative–absolutive languages that would generally be the subjects of intransitive verbs or the objects of transitive verbs in the translational equivalents of nominative–accusative languages such as English.

See Ixil language and Absolutive case

Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

The Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, or ALMG (English: Guatemalan Academy of Mayan Languages) is a Guatemalan organisation that regulates the use of the 22 Mayan languages spoken within the borders of the republic. Ixil language and Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala are Mayan languages.

See Ixil language and Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala

Affricate

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

See Ixil language and Affricate

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

See Ixil language and Alveolar consonant

Approximant

Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.

See Ixil language and Approximant

Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America

The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America (AILLA) is a digital repository housed in LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections at the University of Texas at Austin. Ixil language and Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America are Mesoamerican languages.

See Ixil language and Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America

Bacalar Municipality

Bacalar is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

See Ixil language and Bacalar Municipality

Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

See Ixil language and Back vowel

Campeche

Campeche (Kaampech), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche (Free and Sovereign State of Campeche), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

See Ixil language and Campeche

Campeche Municipality

Campeche is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche.

See Ixil language and Campeche Municipality

Central vowel

A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Ixil language and Central vowel

Chajul

Chajul (full name San Gaspar Chajul) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

See Ixil language and Chajul

Champotón Municipality

Champotón Municipality is a municipality within the state of Campeche, including the city of Champotón and the surrounding area.

See Ixil language and Champotón Municipality

Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

See Ixil language and Close vowel

Close-mid vowel

A close-mid vowel (also mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel or half-close vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Ixil language and Close-mid vowel

Education Resources Information Center

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library of education research and information.

See Ixil language and Education Resources Information Center

Ergative case

In grammar, the ergative case (abbreviated) is the grammatical case that identifies a nominal phrase as the agent of a transitive verb in ergative–absolutive languages.

See Ixil language and Ergative case

Ergative–absolutive alignment

In linguistic typology, ergative–absolutive alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the single argument ("subject") of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the agent ("subject") of a transitive verb.

See Ixil language and Ergative–absolutive alignment

Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

See Ixil language and Fricative

Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

See Ixil language and Front vowel

Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

See Ixil language and Glottal consonant

Glottalic consonant

In phonetics, a glottalic consonant is a consonant produced with some important contribution (movement or closure) of the glottis.

See Ixil language and Glottalic consonant

Guatemala

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.

See Ixil language and Guatemala

Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas

The Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (English: National Indigenous Languages Institute) better known by its acronym INALI, is a Mexican federal public agency, created 13 March 2003 by the enactment of the Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas (General Law of Indigenous Peoples' Linguistic Rights) by the administration of President Vicente Fox Quesada. Ixil language and Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas are languages of Mexico.

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Ixil people

The Ixil (pronounced) are a Maya people located in the states of Campeche and Quintana Roo in Mexico and in the municipalities of Santa Maria Nebaj, San Gaspar Chajul, and San Juan Cotzal in the northern part of the Cuchumatanes mountains of the department of Quiché, Guatemala. Ixil language and Ixil people are Ixil and Quiché Department.

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Labial consonant

Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.

See Ixil language and Labial consonant

Mamean languages

The (Greater) Mamean family is a branch of the Eastern Mayan language group. Ixil language and Mamean languages are Mayan languages.

See Ixil language and Mamean languages

Mayan languages

The Mayan languagesIn linguistics, it is conventional to use Mayan when referring to the languages, or an aspect of a language. Ixil language and Mayan languages are Agglutinative languages, Indigenous languages of Central America, Indigenous languages of Mexico and Mesoamerican languages.

See Ixil language and Mayan languages

Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

See Ixil language and Mexico

Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

See Ixil language and Nasal consonant

Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

See Ixil language and Open vowel

Palatal consonant

Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

See Ixil language and Palatal consonant

Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

See Ixil language and Plosive

Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

See Ixil language and Postalveolar consonant

Pronoun

In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (glossed) is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a noun or noun phrase.

See Ixil language and Pronoun

Quiché Department

Quiché is a department of Guatemala.

See Ixil language and Quiché Department

Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo (Estado Libre y Soberano de Quintana Roo), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

See Ixil language and Quintana Roo

Reciprocal pronoun

A reciprocal pronoun is a pronoun that indicates a reciprocal relationship.

See Ixil language and Reciprocal pronoun

Reflexive pronoun

A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that refers to another noun or pronoun (its antecedent) within the same sentence.

See Ixil language and Reflexive pronoun

Retroflex consonant

A retroflex, apico-domal, or cacuminal consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.

See Ixil language and Retroflex consonant

San Juan Cotzal

San Juan Cotzal is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

See Ixil language and San Juan Cotzal

Santa Maria Nebaj

Santa Maria Nebaj (usually abbreviated to Nebaj) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of El Quiché.

See Ixil language and Santa Maria Nebaj

Tap and flap consonants

In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (such as the tongue) is thrown against another.

See Ixil language and Tap and flap consonants

Uvular consonant

Uvulars are consonants articulated with the back of the tongue against or near the uvula, that is, further back in the mouth than velar consonants.

See Ixil language and Uvular consonant

Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

See Ixil language and Velar consonant

See also

Indigenous languages of Central America

Ixil

Languages of Guatemala

Quiché Department

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixil_language

Also known as Chajul Ixil, Chajul Ixil language, ISO 639:ixi, ISO 639:ixj, ISO 639:ixl, Ixil chajuleño, Ixil nebajeño, Nebaj Ixil, Nebaj Ixil language, San Juan Cotzal Ixil language.