Akatek

E166217

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

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Akatek canonical 8
Akatek people 4
Acateco 2

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 Maya Akatek ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
hasAlternativeName Acateco ⓘ
linked to: Akatek

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 people ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
spokenInCountry Guatemala ⓘ
spokenInRegion Guatemalan highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch ⓘ
usedByPopulation indigenous Maya communities in Guatemala ⓘ
usedInDomain local education ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Mochoʼ → closelyRelatedTo → Akatek ⓘ
Akatek → spokenBy → Akatek people ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Akatek → ethnicGroupUsers → Maya Akatek ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Akatek → hasAlternativeName → Acateco ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Huehuetenango Department → hasEthnicGroup → Akatek Maya ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Akateko → hasAlternativeName → Acateco ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Core Mayan → hasLanguage → Akatek ⓘ
Chuj → neighboringLanguage → Akatek ⓘ
Popti’ → relatedTo → Akatek ⓘ
Popti’ people → relatedEthnicGroup → Akatek people ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Awakatek → hasAlternativeName → Awakateco ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Qʼanjobʼal people → neighboringGroup → Akatek people ⓘ
linked to: Akatek
Qanjobal → closelyRelatedTo → Akatek ⓘ
Akatek language → ethnicGroup → Akatek people ⓘ
linked to: Akatek