Jakaltek language

E602970

The Jakaltek language is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Jakaltek (Popti’) people of northwestern Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Jakaltek language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language of the Americas
natural language
alternateName Jakalteko NERFINISHED
Poptiʼ language
Popti’ NERFINISHED
belongsToGroup Qʼanjobʼalan languages NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Chuj language NERFINISHED
Qʼanjobʼal language NERFINISHED
Tojolabal language NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Guatemala
Mexico
ethnicGroup Jakaltek people NERFINISHED
Popti’ people NERFINISHED
family Mayan language family
hasAncestor Proto-Mayan language NERFINISHED
hasCommunity Jakaltek diaspora communities
hasDialects Eastern Jakaltek NERFINISHED
Western Jakaltek NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode jaka1245
hasGlottologName Jakalteko NERFINISHED
hasOrganization Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED
hasPhonology contrastive tone
ISO639-3 jac
isPartOf Mayan languages of Guatemala
languageFamily Mayan NERFINISHED
languageStatus minority language
linguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area
macroArea Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
morphology ergative–absolutive alignment
primaryRegion northwestern Guatemala
region Huehuetenango Department NERFINISHED
southern Mexico
regulatedBy Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala NERFINISHED
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Guatemala NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch
typology agglutinative language
usedBy indigenous communities
usedIn community radio
local education programs
traditional oral literature
vitality vulnerable language
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Quichean–Mamean includesLanguage Jakaltek language