Awakatek language

Awakatek
Native to	Guatemala
Region	Huehuetenango
Ethnicity	Awakatek
Native speakers	18,000 (1998)^[1]
Language family	Mayan Quichean–Mamean Greater Mamean Ixilean Awakatek
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`agu`
Glottolog	`agua1252`^[2]

Awakatek is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, primarily in Huehuetenango and around Aguacatán.^[3] It is a living language with some 18,000 speakers.^[4]

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.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front		Back
	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	ii /iː/	u /u/	uu /uː/
Mid	e /e/	ee /eː/	o /o/	oo /oː/
Open	a /a/	aa /aː/

Diphthongs

There are four diphthongs: ay /aj/, ey /ej/, oy /oj/, uy /uj/.

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar		Uvular	Glottal
		Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Normal	Palatalized	Uvular	Glottal
Plosive	Normal	p /pʰ/	t /tʰ/				k /kʰ/	ky /kʰʲ/	q /qʰ/	' /ʲʔ/
	Ejective	p' /pʼ/	t' /tʼ~dʼ/				k' /kʼ/	ky'/kʼʲ/
	Implosive	b' /ɓ/							q' /ʛ/
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/				nh /ŋ/
Fricative		w /v~f/	s /s/	xh /ʃ/	x /ʂ/				j /χ/	h /ʜ/
Affricate	Normal	p /ɸʰ/	tz /t͡sʰ/	ch /t͡ʃʰ/	tx /ʈ͡ʂʰ/
Affricate	Ejective		tz' /t͡sʼ~dzʼ/	ch' /t͡ʃʼ~dʒʼ/	tx' /ʈ͡ʂʼ~ɖʐʼ/
Flap			r /ɾ/
Approximant			l /l~ɺ/			y /j/	w /ʍ/

References

↑ Awakatek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Aguacateco". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Cabral, Ernesto Díaz Couder (2001). "Culturas e interculturalidad en Guatemala". Archived from the original on 2010-02-15.
↑ Ethnologue Archived May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

Mayan languages
Huastecan	Chicomuceltec Wastek (Huastec)
Yucatecan	Itza' Lacandon Mopan Yucatec Maya
Cholan–Tzeltalan	Ch'ol Chontal Ch'ol Ch’olti’ Ch’orti’ Tzeltalan Tzeltal Tzotzil
Q'anjobalan–Chujean	Chujean Chuj Tojolab'al Q'anjob'alan–Jakaltek Akatek Jakaltek Q'anjob'al Mototzintleco Mocho’
Mamean	Ixilean Awakatek Ixil Mamean Mam Tektitek
Greater Quichean	Q'eqchi Poqomam Poqomchi' Quichean proper Achi K'iche' Kaqchikel Tz'utujil Sakapultek Sipakapense Uspantek
Italics indicate extinct languages

Languages of Guatemala

Official language

Spanish

Indigenous
languages

Mamean	Awaketek Ixil Mam Tektitek
Q'anjobalan	Akatek Chuj Jakaltek Q'anjob'al
Quichean	Achi K'iche' Kaqchikel Poqomam Poqomchi' Sakapultek Sipakapense Tz'utujil Uspantek
Yucatecan	Itza' Mopan Q'eqchi' Yucatec Maya
Other	Ch'orti Garifuna Xinca

Sign languages

Portal

Languages of Mexico

Official/
Indigenous

100,000+ speakers	Spanish Nahuatl Yucatec Maya Mixtec Zapotec Tzeltal Maya Tzotzil Maya Otomí Totonac Mazatec Ch'ol Huastec Chinantec Mixe Mazahua Purépecha
10,000-100,000 speakers	Tlapanec Tarahumara Amuzgo Chatino Tojolab'al Sierra Popoluca Chontal de Tabasco Huichol Mayo Tepehuán Trique Cora Popolocan Huave Cuicatec Yaqui Q'anjob'al Tepehua
Under 10,000 speakers	Pame Mam Chontal of Oaxaca Chuj Tacuate Chichimeca Jonaz Huarijío Chocho Pima Bajo Q'eqchí Lacandón Jakaltek Matlatzinca Seri Ixcatec K'iche' Kaqchikel Paipai Cucapá Mototzintleco Kumiai Pápago Kikapú Ixil Cochimí Kiliwa Aguacatec

Non-official

Sign

Note: The list of official languages is ordered by decreasing size of population.

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