Popti’

E602958

Popti’ is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Jakaltek people in the highlands of Guatemala and parts of Mexico.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Popti’ canonical 4
Poptiʼ 1
Popti’ Maya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language ⓘ
alternateName Jakaltek ⓘ
Jakalteko ⓘ
belongsTo Mayan language family ⓘ
country Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jakaltek people ⓘ
glottocode jaka1245 ⓘ
hasEndonym Popti’ ⓘ
hasExonym Jakaltek ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature aspect-based verbal system ⓘ
ergative-absolutive alignment ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalization ⓘ
tone absent ⓘ
hasSpeakersIn Chiapas ⓘ
ISO639-3Code jac ⓘ
languageFamily Mayan language family ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Western Mayan languages ⓘ
languageFamilyMacro Mesoamerican languages ⓘ
languageStatus minority language ⓘ
linguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area ⓘ
morphologyType head-marking language ⓘ
primaryRegion Guatemalan highlands ⓘ
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
region Huehuetenango Department ⓘ
relatedTo Akatek ⓘ
Chuj ⓘ
Q’anjob’al ⓘ
linked to: Qʼanjobʼal
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenIn Guatemala ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
subfamily Q’anjob’alan branch ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities in Guatemala ⓘ
usedIn community radio ⓘ
local education programs ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
wordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Jakaltek → alternateName → Popti’ ⓘ
Popti’ → hasEndonym → Popti’ ⓘ
Jakalteko → hasAlternativeName → Poptiʼ ⓘ
linked to: Popti’
municipality of Jacaltenango → ethnicGroup → Popti’ Maya ⓘ
linked to: Popti’