Akatek

E166217

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

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Akatek canonical 4
Acateco 2
Akatek Maya 1

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 (9)

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