Editing Jakaltek language (section)

==Grammar==
The Jakaltek language has a [[verb–subject–object]] syntax. Like many [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] languages,  Jakaltek has complex [[agglutinative]] [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] and uses [[Ergative–absolutive language|ergative–absolutive case alignment]]. It is divided in two dialects, Eastern and Western Jakalteko. "Eastern and Western Jakalteko understand each other's spoken languages, but not written text."<ref>Gordon, Raymond G, ed. "Jakalteko, Western." ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th ed. Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2005. 254. Print.</ref>

Jakaltek is unusual in that it has four systems of noun and numeral classifiers.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.ddl.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Grinevald/Grinevald_1986_Jacaltec_NounClassifiers_A-Study-In-Grammaticalization.pdf |title=Jacaltec Noun Classifiers: A Study in Grammaticalization |first=Colette G. |last=Craig |authorlink=Colette Grinevald |journal=[[Lingua (journal)|Lingua]] |edition=70 |year=1986 |pages=241–284 |publisher=Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. |location=North-Holland |doi=10.1016/0024-3841(86)90046-X |issn=0024-3841}}</ref>

Owing to Jakaltek's dissimilarity with [[Indo-European language]]s, the reasonably healthy linguistic population and the relative ease of access to Guatemala, Jakaltek has become a favorite of students of [[linguistic typology]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}