Endangered Languages Project - Akateko

Akateko

^{[aka Acatec, Kanjobal (Western), Kanjobal, Western]}

Classification: Mayan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Acatec, Kanjobal (Western), Kanjobal, Western, Acateco, Acatec, San Miguel Acatán Kanjobal, Conob, Western Kanjobal, Western Q'anjob'al, Kanjobal de San Miguel Acatán
CLASSIFICATION		Mayan, Q'anjob'alan-Chujean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		knj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Atlas Lingüístico de Guatemala” . Richards, Michael (2003) Editorial Serviprensa, Guatemala

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,572
Native speakers worldwide
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5,572 personas para el año 2001, según un algoritmo desarrollado con base en las proyecciones del Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Guatemala

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Huehuetenango: San Rafael La Independencia, San Miguel Acatán y la Aldea Jo’om de San Sebastián Coatán.

58,600
Native speakers worldwide
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48,500 in Guatemala (1998).

PLACES: Mexico; USA; Guatemala;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
36,295
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
58,600
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,572
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Guatemala

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 111 square kilometers.

Ethnic population
39,370
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20,915 women; 18,455 men. 2002 Census. Data for within Guatemala.

DATE OF INFO: 2002

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20,000
Native speakers worldwide
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The 20,000 fluent speakers noted here are in San Miguel Acatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. There are "also a few other speakers in Mexico, Chiapas" (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:197).

PLACES: Guatemala; Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: San Miguel Acatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala; Chiapas, Mexico

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

15.8333333333,-91.8333333333

COORDINATES

16.7823,-93.1061

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Information from: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge