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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jakaltek language canonical 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Quichean–Mamean → includesLanguage → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼalan branch → hasPart → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Qʼanjobʼalan branch → closelyRelatedTo → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Western Qʼanjobʼalan languages → hasMember → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Kʼichean–Mamean branch → containsLanguage → Jakaltek language ⓘ
municipality of Jacaltenango → languageSpoken → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Akatek language → geneticRelation → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Akatek language → closelyRelatedTo → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Greater Qʼanjobʼalan → hasMember → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Kutiʼ → closelyRelatedTo → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Akatek language → closelyRelatedTo → Jakaltek language ⓘ
subject linked to: Kutiʼ
Jakaltek people → language → Jakaltek language ⓘ
Proto-Mayan → hasDescendant → Jakaltek language ⓘ