Akateko

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Akateko is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Akateko people in the western highlands of Guatemala and parts of southern Mexico.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Akateko canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language of the Americas
natural language
belongsTo Qʼanjobʼal–Jakaltek–Akateko subgroup
closelyRelatedTo Jakaltek
Qʼanjobʼal
country Guatemala
Mexico
ethnicGroup Akateko people NERFINISHED
family Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
hasAlternativeName Acateco
linked to: Akatek

Kanjobal de Acatán
Qyool
linked to: Qyol Mam
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasDomain home and community use
local radio broadcasting
local religious practice
hasGlottocode acat1239
hasGlottologName Akateko
hasISO6393Code knj
hasLanguageBranch Qʼanjobʼalan
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
glottalized consonants
hasRegulatoryBody Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
hasStandardizedOrthography yes
hasTypologicalFeature ergative alignment
head-marking morphology
rich aspectual system
languageFamily Mayan
languageStatus endangered language
minority language
macroArea North America
partOfLinguisticArea Mayan linguistic area
region Mesoamerica
spokenIn Guatemala
Mexico
spokenInRegion southern Mexico
western highlands of Guatemala
subfamily Qʼanjobʼalan branch
usedBy Akateko community
usedIn interpersonal communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedInEducation bilingual education programs in Guatemala
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Mam hasNeighboringLanguage Akateko
Jakaltek closelyRelatedTo Akateko
Akatek hasAlternativeName Akateko
Akateko hasGlottologName Akateko