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Jakalteko, Eastern

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: jac
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	11,000 (1998 SIL).
Region	Huehuetenango Department near Mexico border, Concepción Huista area.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 12
Alternate names	Eastern Jacalteco
Classification	Mayan, Kanjobalan-Chujean, Kanjobalan, Kanjobal-Jacaltec
Language use	All ages.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–28%. NT: 1997.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Bendor-Samuel, John T. 1968. Review of: Languages of Guatemala, Marvin K. Mayers, editor.

Camposeco R., Jerónimo, Dennis Stratmeyer, and Jean Stratmeyer. 1977. "Alfabeto jacalteco."

Church, Clarence E. 1960. "El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en Guatemala."

Church, Clarence E. and Katherine Church. 1955. Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano.

Church, Clarence E. and Katherine Church. 1961. "The Jacaltec noun phrase."  

Church, Clarence E. and Katherine Church. 1966. "Gramática jacalteca."

Church, Clarence E. and Katherine Church. 1966. "Jacaltec grammar."

Church, Katherine. 1964. "Algunas observaciones acerca de la elaboración de cartillas en lengua jacalteca."

Elson, Benjamin F., editor. 1961. Mayan studies 1.  

Mayers, Marvin K. 1966. "Linguistic comparisons [between Mayan languages]."

Mayers, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Languages of Guatemala.

Mayers, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Lenguas de Guatemala.

Neuenswander, Helen L. and Dean E. Arnold, editors. 1977. Cognitive studies of southern Mesoamerica.

Neuenswander, Helen L. and Dean E. Arnold, editors. 1977. Estudios cognitivos del sur de Mesoamérica.

Shaw, Mary, editor. 1971. According to our ancestors: Folk texts from Guatemala and Honduras.  

Shaw, Mary, editor. 1972. Según nuestros antepasados: Textos folklóricos de Guatemala y Honduras.

Stratmeyer, Dennis and Jean Stratmeyer. 1966. "Jacaltec ethnography."

Stratmeyer, Dennis and Jean Stratmeyer. 1966. "Jacalteca: Etnografía."

Stratmeyer, Dennis and Jean Stratmeyer. 1971. "Jacaltec."  

Stratmeyer, Dennis and Jean Stratmeyer. 1972. "Jacalteco."

Stratmeyer, Dennis and Jean Stratmeyer. 1977. "El nawal jacalteco y el cargador de alma en Concepción Huista."

Stratmeyer, Dennis and Jean Stratmeyer. 1977. "The Jacaltec nawal and the soul bearer in Concepción Huista."

Vernacular Publications

Cartilla no. 1 (jacalteco). 1960.

Cartilla no. 2 (jacalteco). 1962.

Cʼul ta chijucʼ yal yim noʼ wacaẍ. 1971.

El alfabeto jacalteco. 1958.

Ha' ton hune' yabil ti' chiyij tz'onal = La tuberculosis. 1987.

Haʼ ton huneʼ yabil tiʼ chiyij tzʼonal. 1971.

Haʼ ton huneʼ yabil tiʼ chiyij tzʼonal. 1987.

Hacaʼ chu yoc yabil yin̈ anma yu noʼ us. 1971.

Hacaʼ ye ha haʼ mat chiʼanico coyabil. 1971.

Huneʼ tiʼ, babel cartilla yin̈ jabxubal. 1978.

Jilawe tz'ib yin̈ castilla yeb yin̈ jabxubal= Leamos Español y Jacalteco. 1991.