Akatek

E166217

Akatek is a Mayan language spoken primarily by indigenous communities in the highlands of Guatemala.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Akatek canonical 4
Acateco 2
Akatek Maya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language
language of Guatemala
basicWordOrder VOS
VSO
belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica
closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek
Qʼanjobʼal
countryOfficialStatus recognized indigenous language of Guatemala
ethnicGroupUsers Akatek self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maya Akatek
hasAlternativeName Akatek
surface form: Acateco

Akateko
Kutiʼ
Qyool
hasGlottocode acat1239
hasISO6393Code knj
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
rich verbal inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
glottalized consonants
isPartOf Mayan linguistic area
languageFamily Mayan language family
languageStatus minority language
vulnerable language
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
primaryUsage daily communication in indigenous communities
regionOfOrigin northwestern Guatemala
spokenBy Akatek self-linksurface differs
surface form: Akatek people
spokenInCountry Guatemala
spokenInRegion Guatemala Highlands
surface form: Guatemalan highlands
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch
usedByPopulation indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala
usedInDomain local education
oral literature
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Mochoʼ closelyRelatedTo Akatek
Akatek spokenBy Akatek self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Akatek people
Akatek ethnicGroupUsers Akatek self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maya Akatek
Akatek hasAlternativeName Akatek
this entity surface form: Acateco
Huehuetenango Department hasEthnicGroup Akatek
this entity surface form: Akatek Maya
Akateko hasAlternativeName Akatek
this entity surface form: Acateco