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Poqomchi’, Eastern

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: poh
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	42,200 (2000).
Region	Alta Verapaz Department.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 16
Alternate names	Eastern Pokomchí, Pocomchí, Poconchí, Pokonchí, Tactic Pokomchí
Classification	Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Quichean, Pocom
Language use	Also use Spanish or Q’eqchi’ [kek].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 21%. NT: 1983.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Bendor-Samuel, John T. 1968. Review of: Languages of Guatemala, Marvin K. Mayers, editor.

Engel, Theodor H. 1991-1992. "El prestigio y el mercado en la sociedad pokomchí."

Engel, Theodor. 1981. "El artículo definitivo en pokomchí occidental."

Engel, Theodor. 1985. "The Pokomchi market."

Mayers, Marvin K. 1956. Vocabulario pocomchí-español español-pocomchí.

Mayers, Marvin K. 1957. "Pocomchi verb structure."

Mayers, Marvin K. 1958. Pocomchi texts, with grammatical notes.  

Mayers, Marvin K. 1960. "The linguistic unity of Pocomam-Pocomchi."

Mayers, Marvin K. 1960. "The phonemes of Pocomchi."

Mayers, Marvin K. 1960. The Pocomchi: a sociolinguistic study.

Mayers, Marvin K. 1961. The Pocomchi: a sociolinguistic study.

Mayers, Marvin K. 1966. "Linguistic comparisons [between Mayan languages]."

Mayers, Marvin K. 1966. "The two-man feud in the Guatemalan church."

Mayers, Marvin K. 1977. Pocomchí vocabulary and grammar of Tamahú, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

Mayers, Marvin K. 1982. "The speaker’s conceptual image of discourse."

Mayers, Marvin K. and Marilyn A. Mayers. 1966. "Pocomchí."

Mayers, Marvin K. and Marilyn A. Mayers. 1966. "Pocomchí."

Mayers, Marvin K. and Marilyn A. Mayers. 1971. "Pocomchi."  

Mayers, Marvin K. and Marilyn A. Mayers. 1972. "Pocomchí."

Mayers, Marvin K. and Miriam McNeilly. 1973. "Pocomchí corn origin tales."

Mayers, Marvin K. and others. 1977. "Alfabeto pokomchí."

Mayers, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Languages of Guatemala.

Mayers, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Lenguas de Guatemala.

Ramírez, Boris and Elizabeth Ramírez. 1994. Pokomchí: manual trilingüe de frases y expresiones: Pokom—Español—Inglés = A trilingual handbook of phrases and expressions: Pokom—Spanish—English.

Shaw, Mary, editor. 1971. According to our ancestors: Folk texts from Guatemala and Honduras.  

Shaw, Mary, editor. 1971. According to our ancestors: Folk texts from Guatemala and Honduras.  

Shaw, Mary, editor. 1972. Según nuestros antepasados: Textos folklóricos de Guatemala y Honduras.

Vernacular Publications

Cajim take chicop. 1988.

Cartilla pokomchí. 1976.

Chacʼax take cẖeʼ. 1979.

Chachih wach ribihnal ahaʼlacʼun. 1997.

Chatobej atinamit. 1979.

Conversemos en pokomchí, español, kekchí. 1998.

El alfabeto pokomchí. 1973.

Guía para el uso de la cartilla pokomchí. 1977.

Jeʼ wili cʼacharic inkaʼn hoj. 1988.

Katijej take letra pan kak'orbal. 1991.

La primera/La segunda cartilla pocomchí. 1954.

Leamos nuestro idioma pokon. 1997.

Lectura inicial. 1959.

Manual de frases y expresiones pokomchí. 1988.

Primera/Segunda/Tercera/Cuarta/Quinta cartilla, Pocomchí de Tactic, Depto. de Alta Verapaz. 1959.

Reʼ aj jotʼol. 1997.

Reʼ hin ixim. 1988.

Reʼ katinamit Guatemala. 1979.

Reʼ pat inbanaric wi̱ʼ kʼomonic. 1979.

Reʼ tʼuch chʼo̱ Alex ribihnal no̱j ru̱cʼ aj esenel e̱. 1997.

Tak cho behel. 1995.