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’