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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Guatemala > Jakalteko, Western

Jakalteko, Western

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: jai
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  77,700 in Guatemala (1998). Population total all countries: 88,000.
Region  Huehuetenango Department, around Jakaltenango. Also in Mexico.
Language map  Guatemala, reference number 47
Alternate names   Popti’, Western Jacaltec, Western Jacalteco
Dialects  Eastern [jac] and Western Jakalteko understand each other’s spoken languages, but not written text.
Classification  Mayan, Kanjobalan-Chujean, Kanjobalan, Kanjobal-Jacaltec
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 52%. NT: 1979.
Comments  VSO.

Also spoken in:

Mexico

Language name   Jacaltec, Western
Population  10,300 in Mexico (1991 O. Schumann). 1,300 long-term residents (1990 census) and 10,000 refugees.
Region  Concepción Saravia near Comalapa de la Frontera municipality and Chiapas, Amatenango de la Frontera municipality.
Language map  Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 140
Alternate names  Jacalteco del Oeste
Language use  Also use Spanish.