Jakaltek

E153797

Jakaltek is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Jakaltek (Popti’) people of Guatemala’s western highlands.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jakaltek canonical 7
Awakatek 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language
alternateName Jakalteko
Popti’
belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica
closelyRelatedTo Akateko
Chuj
Qʼanjobʼal
surface form: Q’anjob’al
country Guatemala
culturalDomain Maya civilization
endangermentFactors language shift to Spanish
ethnicGroupAssociated Jakaltek people
Popti’ people
geographicDistribution Huehuetenango Department
municipality of Jacaltenango
hasGlottocode jaka1245
hasGrammaticalFeature aspect-based verbal system
complex verb morphology
set A and set B person markers
hasISO639-3Code jac
hasLanguageAcademy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Spanish
hasMorphologicalAlignment ergative–absolutive
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone in some analyses
hasStandardizedNameInEnglish Jakaltek self-link
hasStandardizedNameInSpanish Popti’
hasStandardizedOrthography yes
hasWordOrder SVO (alternative)
VOS
languageBranch Western Mayan
languageFamily Mayan languages
languageStatus endangered language
minority language
officialStatusInGuatemala recognized indigenous language
primaryRegion Guatemala Highlands
surface form: Guatemala’s western highlands
region Guatemala
regulatingBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
spokenBy Jakaltek people
Popti’ people
subfamily Q’anjob’alan branch
usedFor daily communication in Jakaltek communities
usedIn community radio
local education programs
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mayan languages includesLanguage Jakaltek
this entity surface form: Awakatek
Qʼanjobʼal closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek
Jakaltek hasStandardizedNameInEnglish Jakaltek self-link
Mochoʼ closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek
Sipakapense closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek
Akatek closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek
Akateko closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek