Poqomchi’

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Pocomchí, Poconchí, Pokomchí, Pokonchí, Tactic Pokomchí

Population

92,200 (1998–2000).

Location

Alta Verapaz Department.

Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification

Dialects

Eastern Poqomchi, Santa Cruz Verapaz Poqomchi, Western Poqomchi.

Typology

SVO

Language Use

All ages. Also use Spanish [spa] or Q’eqchi’ [kek].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 21%–35%. Taught in primary schools. Grammar. NT: 1983–2012.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.