Awakatek language
Mayan language of Guatemala / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Awakatek (also known as Aguateco, Awaketec, Coyotin,[3] and Balamiha, and natively as Qa'yol) is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, primarily in Huehuetenango and around Aguacatán.[4][5] The language only has fewer than 10,000 speakers, and is considered vulnerable by UNESCO. In addition, the language in Mexico is at high risk of endangerment, with fewer than 2,000 speakers in the state of Campeche in 2010[6] (although the number of speakers was unknown as of 2000[7][8]).
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Awakatek | |
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Qa'yol | |
Native to | Guatemala |
Region | Huehuetenango |
Ethnicity | 12,500 Awakatek (2019 census) |
Native speakers | 10,100 in Guatemala (2019 census)[1] 20 in Mexico (2020 census)[2] |
Mayan
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Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | agu |
Glottolog | agua1252 |
ELP | Awakateko |
Awakatek is closely related to Ixil and the two languages together form the sub-branch Ixilean, which together with the Mamean languages, Mam and Tektitek, form a sub-branch Greater-Mamean, which again, together with the Greater-Quichean languages, ten Mayan languages, including Kʼicheʼ, form the branch Quichean–Mamean.