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.

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Label Occurrences
Jakaltek language canonical 14

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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

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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