Awakatek language
| Awakatek | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Guatemala |
| Region | Huehuetenango |
| Ethnicity | Awakatek |
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Native speakers
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18,000 (1998) |
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Mayan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | agua1252 |
Awakatek is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, primarily in Huehuetenango and around Aguacatán. It is a living language with some 18,000 speakers.
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 K'iche', form the branch Quichean–Mamean.
The Awakatek people themselves refer to their language as qa'yol, literally meaning our word.
There are four diphthongs: ay /aj/, ey /ej/, oy /oj/, uy /uj/.
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