Editing Jakaltek language (section)

{{Short description|Mayan language spoken in Guatemala}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Jakaltek
| altname          = Poptiʼ
| nativename       = {{lang|jac|'Abʼxubʼal}}
| states           = [[Guatemala]], [[Mexico]]
| region           = [[Huehuetenango]], [[Chiapas]]
| ethnicity        = 54,200 [[Jakaltek people|Jakaltek]] in Guatemala (2019 census)
| speakers         = {{sigfig|33,130|2}}
| date             = 2019 census
| ref              = e24
| familycolor      = Mayan
| fam1             = [[Mayan languages|Mayan]]
| fam2             = [[Qʼanjobalan languages|Qʼanjobalan–Chujean]]
| fam3             = Qʼanjobalan
| fam4             = Kanjobal–Jacaltec
| minority         = [[Guatemala]]
| agency           = [[Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas]]<br>[[Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala]]
| iso3             = jac<!--Now Poptí. Other code retired.-->
| glotto           = popt1235
| glottoname       = Poptiʼ
| notice           = IPA
| script           = Latin
| nation           = {{flag|Mexico}}
}}

The '''Jakaltek''' {{IPAc-en|h|ɑː|k|əl|ˈ|t|ɛ|k}}<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> (''Jacaltec'') language, also known as '''Jakalteko''' (''Jacalteco'') or '''Poptiʼ''',<ref name="Glottolog4.3">{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Popti'| work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/popt1235}}</ref> is a [[Mayan languages|Mayan language]] from the [[Qʼanjobalan languages|Q’anjob’alan-chujean]] branch spoken by the [[Jakaltek people]] in some municipalities in the state of Chiapas, Mexico and the municipality of [[Jacaltenango]] in the department of [[Huehuetenango Department|Huehuetenango]], Guatemala in the border between both countries. Jakaltek is closely related with the [[Qʼanjobʼal language|Q'anjob'al]] and [[Akatek language|Akatek]] language and more distantly related with the [[Tojolabʼal language|Tojol-ab'al]], [[Chuj language|Chuj]] and [[Mochoʼ language|Mocho']].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Atlas de los Pueblos Indígenas de México. Jakaltekos – Lengua |newspaper=Atlas de los Pueblos Indígenas de México. Inpi |url=https://atlas.inpi.gob.mx/jakaltekos-lengua/}}</ref> In Mexico it is also known as '''Ab'xub'al'''.