Tektitek language
| Tektitek | |
|---|---|
| B'a'aj | |
| Native to | Guatemala, Mexico |
| Region | Western Highlands |
| Ethnicity | Tektitek |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2002)[1] |
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Mayan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ttc |
| Glottolog |
tekt1235[2] |
The Tektitek language (Tectiteco, Teco, or B'a'aj) is a member of the Quichean–Mamean branch of the Mayan language family.[3] It is very closely related to the Mam language. Tektikek is spoken by the Tektitek people, which are primarily settled in the municipality of Tectitán, department of Huehuetenango. A number of Tektitek speakers have settled in Mexico.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
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| Normal | Palatalized | ||||||||||
| Plosive | Normal | p /p̪ʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | ky /kʰʲ/ | q /qʰ/ | ' /ʲʔ/ | ||||
| Ejective | t' /tʼ/ | k' /kʼ/ | ky'/kʼʲ/ | ||||||||
| Implosive | b' /ɓ/ | q' /ʛ/ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | nh /ŋ/ | ||||||||
| Fricative | w /v/ | s /s/ | xh /ɕ/ | x /ʂ/ | j /χ/ | ||||||
| Affricate | Normal | tz /t͡sʰ/ | ch /t͡ɕʰ/ | tx /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ | |||||||
| Ejective | tz' /t͡sʼ~dzʼ/ | ch' /t͡ɕʼ~dʑʼ/ | tx' /ʈ͡ʂʼ~ɖʐʼ/ | ||||||||
| Flap | r /ɾ/ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | w /ʋ/ | l /l~ɺ/ | y /j/ | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Tektitek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Tektiteko". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ "Comunidad Lingüística Tektiteka - Historia". ALMG. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
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