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Estudios de cultura maya
versión impresa ISSN 0185-2574
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VINOGRADOV, Igor. The Verbal Proclitic a: The Link between Poqomchi’ and Cholan Mayan Languages. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2021, vol.58, pp.217-236. Epub 04-Oct-2021. ISSN 0185-2574. https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2021.58.23867.
Some missionary texts written during the Colonial period in the Poqomchi’ language (Mayan family, K’ichean subgroup) attest the verbal proclitic a, that is being lost in the modern language. It was added to verb forms in the completive aspect marked by the prefix x- and indicated, roughly speaking, the relevance of a past event at the moment of utterance. The same proclitic with similar meaning is also registered in two Mayan languages of the Cholan subgroup: Chontal of Tabasco and Chontal of Acalán. The Poqomchi’ people, despite their origin in the Guatemalan highlands, were neighbors of the Cholan groups for a considerable period of time. It is probable that the proclitic a was introduced to Poqomchi’ during the Postclassic period thanks to language contacts with some Cholan group, possibly the Acalá, who spoke a variety of Chontal, that is, a western Cholan language.
Palabras llave : Poqomchi’; Mayan languages; language contact; colonial manuscripts; verbal grammar.