Awakatek language

Awakatek
Awakatek
Native to	Guatemala
Region	Huehuetenango
Ethnicity	Awakatek
Native speakers	(18,000 cited 1998)
Language family	Mayan Quichean–Mamean Greater Mamean Ixilean Awakatek; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	agu
ELP	Awakateko

Awakatek is a Mayan language spoken in primarily Huehuetenango, Guatemala in and around Aguacatán.^[1] It is a living language with some 18,000 speakers.^[2] ^[3]

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

		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 /ʐ/				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

^ Cabral, Ernesto Díaz Couder (2001). "Culturas e interculturalidad en Guatemala". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Ethnologue
^ "Comunidad Lingüística Awakateka" (PDF). Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

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[1] Cabral, Ernesto Díaz Couder (2001). "Culturas e interculturalidad en Guatemala". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[ethnologue-2] Ethnologue

[ALMG-3] "Comunidad Lingüística Awakateka" (PDF). Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala. 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-17.

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