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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Guatemala > Poqomam, Southern

Poqomam, Southern

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3pou
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  27,900 (1991 SIL).
Region  20 kilometers south of Guatemala City.
Language map  Guatemala, reference number 40
Alternate names   Palín Pocomam, Southern Pokomam
Classification  Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Quichean, Pocom
Language use  Shifting to Spanish.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–30%.