Akatek language
Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Guatemala / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Akatek is a Mayan language spoken by the Akateko people primarily in the Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala in and around the municipalities of Concepción Huista, Nentón, San Miguel Acatán, San Rafael La Independencia and San Sebastián Coatán.[3] A number of speakers also live in Chiapas, Mexico. It is a living language with 58,600 speakers in 1998, of which 48,500 live in Guatemala and the remaining in Mexico.[4] Alternate spellings for the language include Akatec, Akateko, and Akateco.
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Akatek | |
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Acateco | |
Kuti, q'anub'al' | |
Native to | Guatemala Mexico |
Region | Huehuetenango Chiapas |
Ethnicity | 66,000 Akateko in Guatemala (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 65,000 in Guatemala (2011 – 2019 census)[1] 2,900 in Mexico (2020 census)[2] |
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Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | knj |
Glottolog | west2635 |
ELP | Akateko |
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Akateko stems from the Q'anjob'alan branch, making it closely related to Q’anjob’al and Chuj.[5]