Akateko
Akateko is a Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Guatemala. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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. 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. Alternate spellings for the language include Akatec, Akateko, and Akateco.
Akateko stems from the Q'anjob'alan branch, making it closely related to Q’anjob’al and Chuj.
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Words in Akateko
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | anima* | |
| name | bi* | |
| eye | sat* | |
| ear | Tikin* | |
| nose | Tam* | |
| tooth | e* | |
| tongue | a7* | |
| hand | qab* | |
| blood | Cik* | |
| bone | bax* | |
| skin | Tum* | |
| knee | penek* | |
| breast | im* | |
| liver | qex* | |
| water | jaʼ | |
| fire | qa7* | |
| sun | ku* | |
| star | weykan | |
| stone | Cen* | |
| mountain | wonan* | |
| tree | te7* | |
| leaf | Saxte7* | |
| night | abal* | |
| dog | Ti7* | |
| fish | txay | |
| louse | uk* | |
| one | hun* | |
| two | kab* | |
| I | hain* | |
| you | haCti7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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