Awakateko

AGU

educational

Alternate Names: Aguacatec, Aguacateco

Genealogy:

Mayan
Yucatecan-Core Mayan
K’ichean-Mamean
Mamean
Awakateko-Ixil

Demographics: 18,000 (1998 SIL).

Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 29%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1971–1993.

Typology: VSO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Guatemala