• The Jakaltek /hɑːkəlˈtɛk/ (Jacaltec) language, also known as Jakalteko (Jacalteco) or Poptiʼ, is a Mayan language from the Q’anjob’alan-chujean branch...
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  • Jakaltek may refer to: the Jakaltek people the Jakaltek language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jakaltek. If an internal...
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    The name Jakaltek comes from the Nahuatl language meaning “people of the jacal”. The Jakaltek language also known as Popti' is a Mayan language from the...
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    recognizes Eastern and Western dialects of Jakaltek, as well as Mochoʼ (also called Mototzintlec), a language with less than 200 speakers in the Chiapan...
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    Mayan languages, Qʼanjobʼal and Jakaltek. The three languages together form the Qʼanjobʼal-Jakaltek sub-branch, which together with the Mochoʼ language form...
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  • in Holby City Castra of Jac, a fort in the Roman province of Dacia Jakaltek language (ISO 639-3: jac) John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec...
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    Q'anjob'al language, Jakaltek, Motozintlec, Akatek language Quichean–Mamean branch: Mam language, Tektitek language, Ixil, Kʼicheʼ language, Kaqchikel...
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  • An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...
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    vary. The Jakaltek chirimía, called su’ in the Jakaltek language, is very similar to the chirimías of central and southern Mexico. The Jakaltek chirimía...
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    using intonation only. Examples of such languages are Italian, Modern Greek, Portuguese, and the Jakaltek language[citation needed]. Similarly in Spanish...
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    Spanish is the official language of Guatemala. Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language. Twenty-six Mayan languages are spoken, especially...
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    The Indigenous languages of the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before the arrival of non-Indigenous...
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  • Guatemala. Qʼanjobʼal (Kanjobalan) proper Kanjobal–Jacaltec: Akatek, Jakaltek (Poptiʼ), Qʼanjobʼal Mochoʼ Chujean: Chuj, Tojolabal "Catálogo de las lenguas...
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  • and Jakaltek, also spoken in Mexico and Guatemala. The Qʼanjobʼalan languages are noted for being among the most conservative of the Mayan language family...
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  • Alongside Jakaltek, Qʼanjobʼal, Chuj and Tojol-Abʼal, the Mochoʼ language is part of the Qʼanjobalan group from the western branch of Mayan languages. With...
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  • (sometimes considered a dialect of Awakatek), Ch’orti’, Chuj, Itza’, Ixil, Jakaltek, Kaqchikel, K’iche’, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomchi’, Q’anjob’al, Q’eqchi’...
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  • Creole and Kickapoo. Mexico / Guatemala: Spanish, Q'eqchi', Lacandon, Chuj, Jakaltek, Mam and Tektitek. Mexico / Belize: Spanish and Yucatec Maya. Belize /...
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    Nagual (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    nagualism in different Mesoamerican cultures such as the Zoques and the Jakaltek, K'iche', Q'eqchi', and Tzeltal Maya. Among the Jacaltek, naguals reinforce...
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  • The Mayan languages are a group of languages spoken by the Maya peoples. The Maya form an enormous group of approximately 7 million people who are descended...
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  • numerous communities in Campeche and Chiapas, Mexico. Neighboring languages include Jakaltek and Qʼanjobʼal to the north, Tektitek and Qato'k to the west,...
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    Tzeltal people (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Western Maya languages in the state such as Chontal, Ch'ol, Tojolabal, Chuj, Q'anjob'al, Acatec, Jakaltek, and Motozintlec . The Tzeltal language is concentrated...
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    Q'anjob'al, Chuj, Jakaltek, Tektik, Awakatek, Chalchitek, Akatek and K'iche'. Each of these nine Maya ethnic groups speaks its own language. The department...
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    Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    producing Ladinos, while a yellow dog fathered the indigenous peoples. A Jakaltek tale from the Guatemalan Highlands relates how the first dog witnessed...
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  • List of contemporary ethnic groups (category CS1 Turkish-language sources (tr))
    group tends to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically...
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  • Maya textiles (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    Archaeology Of Southern Mesoamerica 2, (n.d.): 363 Hearne, Pamela. "The Silent Language of Guatemalan Textiles." Archaeology 38, no. 4 (1985): 56 "Mayan Women's...
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    with nearly all the rest speaking indigenous languages (there are 23 officially recognized indigenous languages). According to the 2022 revision of the World...
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    Maya peoples (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    people of the Guatemala highlands include the Achi, Akatek, Chuj, Ixil, Jakaltek, Kaqchikel, Kʼicheʼ, Mam, Poqomam, Poqomchiʼ, Qʼanjobʼal, Qʼeqchiʼ, Tzʼutujil...
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  • peoples Ixil: Guatemala Mam: Guatemala Q'anjobalan peoples Chuj: Guatemala Jakaltek: Guatemala – also called Poptí Q'anjob'al: Guatemala Tojolabal: Guatemala...
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  • has written grammars of Jakaltek Popti' and Rama and advocates for endangered languages. She contributed to UNESCO's language vitality criteria developed...
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    Detail of hair-sash being brocaded on a Jakaltek Maya backstrap loom....
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