A Forgotten Language... The Akatek (Akateko) Language of the Mayan People

[@liz-fk9lr]

this video makes me feel special for knowing and speaking akateko :)

[@RossomelyBad]

Had never heard of this, but I learned something today. Great channel!

[@Azerus_]

I speak Akateko (My mom is from Huehue), Spanish and English and now I want to learn Japanese language because I plan on working at Japan. =)

[@framora743]

My mom speak Akateko languauge! on my gosh, meet her

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

I would love too. I need the practice. Lol [e-mail] send me an email I'll give you my #

[@Didyoudrinkwatertoday]

Came across this video because I have a couple family members who speak Akateko. I would love to learn.

[@kojii6659]

That's awesome! My birth parents were speakers of Akateko and that's what inspired me to create this video. I might make another video on Akateko. Be sure to subscribe for more videos like these :)

[@michaelgalvan5941]

I speak that language and Spanish, there are a lot speakers in ft payne alabama

[@kojii6659]

Really? Never knew that, does Alabama have a large Mayan community?

[@chenchella87m7]

I know where that is that it’s closer to Collinsville

[@taymalopez7149]

Im from Birmingham, AL and my family on my grandmas side speak this language! But Alabama has a pretty big central American population, especially Guatemalans, as they make up a majority of the Latinx population along with Mexicans in Alabama.

[@juanmateo6750]

Aye I’m from ft Payne and yeah there is a huge Mayan community here. My parents speak akateko. I don’t speak it but I can understand it well

[@namsaying]

I just sold something on Facebook marketplace and the buyers spoke this dialect. The daughter spoke english, spanish and akateko. The mother mostly spoke akateka and some spanish. Very nice people!

[@elchirstiano]

I'm Chicano with Northern Mexico roots but my wife is chapina and her family speaks this dialect..I'm trying to learn it but man its hard, its very different than Spanish or English but I'm starting to be be able to say a few words..any recommendations on being able to learn it?

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

Hey bro we are gonna have classes in Akateco in Alabama, 30 already joined we could use more video. Yu wal dios🙂

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

@@xqz2603 what part of AL?

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

@@xqz2603 we are in albertville

[@trxped_yt42]

i talk a little akateco

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

Well if anyone wants to learn to read it we made books. And are teaching others to read Akateco

[@Marie-yc9xj]

I would live to learn to read it is thr a way to get the books from you?

[@chenchella87m7]

I am a proud indigenous mayan that still speaks the language.

[@kojii6659]

Hell yeah keep it going!

[@meganfitzgerald7153]

Does anyone here know how to pronounce the phrase at the end of this video, xawil hab'aa and/or how to say/pronounce hello? I have a student whose primary language is Akateko and I'm trying to make class a little more welcoming for her.

[@kojii6659]

If I had to guess it would be "Shawil Hab'aa" Hab'aa would have a glottal stop where the apostrophe is. But I could be way off.

[@meganfitzgerald7153]

Thank you!!!

[@chickenwings5429]

@@meganfitzgerald7153 akateko is hard to learn like super I’m not a USA citizen but I was brought here when I was 2 and I grew up speaking it with my parents and I’m fluent in it but it’s still hard

[@chickenwings5429]

@@meganfitzgerald7153 can’t spell it either nor read it as old but I can speak it very well and translate it very well

[@Marie-yc9xj]

I would love to learn this language. Are there any online resources or books to learn more about this?

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

I have 2 books if you want I can make copies and, we can meet.

[@kojii6659]

There are a few books on Amazon you can find, and a dictionary from Spanish to Akateco.

[@alejandriahernandez8666]

@@kojii6659 I cant find them

[@kojii6659]

@@alejandriahernandez8666 "Dicionario Akateko"-Espanol" is the one I personally have. There are a couple more that I'm sure you can find by looking around more underground sites. Almost all material is in Spanish so try various Spanish translations like "libros en akateko" or something

[@sebastianpascual3862]

@@alejandriahernandez8666 I there a way u can give me one

[@icecoffee907]

I don't have any akateko routes, but I do have two friends who speak it. One was born and raised in america, and the other moved here from guatemala.

[@cladisjuan9419]

Omg my parents speak dialecto and i am from here in the U.S. and i pretty much understand it is so awesome to speak 3 languages for me😁

[@kojii6659]

That's awesome!

[@debbydomingo6352]

Very informative 👏

[@joshuaconrad9140]

At 2:46 i realize there is a mistake with the Hebrew. It should read אני

[@kojii6659]

Yeah you're right

[@rvat2003]

Putting affixes in the middle of a word is called infixing. Tagalog has some degree of infixing. E.g., kain (eat), kUMain (ate); talon (jump), tUMalon (jumped).

[@Martin_1l]

Born in Guate raised in the U.S …… i still managed to learn this from my parents

[@kojii6659]

happy to hear the language is still alive!

[@xolang]

My mother is fluent in Javanese. I had no idea that it's a VOS-language, but it certainly belongs to the same language family (called Austronesian) as Malagasy in Africa, as are Hawaiian, Rapa Nui in Chile, and Maori in New Zealand. In fact, the numbers are quite similar, I'm giving you an example in Malagasy and Javanese: 3 : telu 7 : fitu/pitu 8 : walu 10: fulu/pulu

[@TheSuperSupreme]

What a lovely informative video about this rarely spoken language. I must say that I don't appreciate the way too many pictures the popping up every time you are trying to emphasize a word. It is distracting.

[@stephaniecody8031]

Thank you!

[@el_mp11]

Is Akateko and Jacalteko different? Sorry for my ignorance, I’m barely learning about this language

[@kojii6659]

No need to apologize! From my understanding, they are slightly different. Although take that with a grain of salt and do your own research of course.

[@sebastianpascual3862]

Can you send me a link, where I can get a book, espanol to akateko, plz, really need it, thanks

[@kojii6659]

Look up "Diccionario Akateko - Espanol" on Amazon. There are also other resources you can find online by simply typing "Curso en akateko" or "akateko libros"

[@ronyhyper]

ta chi ske' a wa'on leer jun k'ane ti', that means u hablas tres idiomas (:

[@Chembalqich]

Maxh yok a sat cha busho!🤣

[@ronyhyper]

@@Chembalqich tz'inachi cha, jach ti' keo' ja woki 🤣

[@Chembalqich]

Tz'et chawu b'ay tú cha? Tz'et ta bi?

[@Azerus_]

I would join yall but I don't know how to write in Akateko😭😭

[@Chembalqich]

@@Azerus_ don't worry cha bro... I was the same. And I'm still learning 😂😂

[@user-cz8cc1vu8p]

I speak this : )

[@kojii6659]

That's awesome!

[@mateoandres1301]

ツZ same

[@chenchella87m7]

Me too.

[@nadkiller8800]

Same

[@juanperalta8709]

Soy mexicano y voy a aprender akateco para saber que es lo que dice mi esposa y su familia de mi cuando me tienen en frente y no entiendo. 👀💬😊😍

[@ronyhyper]

ma schiheytoj no' txay naj, its not written as it should,the correct writting its: (ma shieytoj no' txay) naj its reffered to a person, but since we don't know who are we reffering to we don't put naj -yooooooooo i'm very shocked by your pronunciation: b'

[@kojii6659]

Thank you for the correction and for promoting the Akatek language! I appreciate the feedback as well :)

[@andresalonzo9258]

How do you know this ?

[@ronyhyper]

@@andresalonzo9258 Cuz my first language is akateko

[@hectormatias3711]

My beautiful language 🥰🇬🇹

[@PedroJuanPascual]

Oh shi , I currently live in U.S and I speak Akateko

[@darthjay9251]

Im first gen american parents came from there poor as fuk, came from poverty

[@petronalopez6994]

i am a proud akateka. 🤗 this is not a language but in fact a dialect.

[@dylanwelch8228]

It is a language. In Spanish, European conquistadores (the Spaniards) used the word “dialecto” to undermine and dismiss indigenous languages. However in English, we make no such distinction. Akateko is just as much of a language as is English, Spanish, Arabic or Chinese. Saying Akateko is only a dialect and not a true “language” is akin to saying that French isn’t a true language, rather a dialect of Latin which simply isn’t true.

[@fredo226]

@Benjamin Swearingen I have a akateko mom and qanjobal dad. They have many of the same words , it is semi interchangeable

[@lindasebastian7291]

Omg I speak akateko😱❤️

[@artemiomendez2818]

as native language this is top nocth g!!

[@maxsebastian68]

I speak the language and I’m teaching my white partner 😂😂 love your video thx for promoting the language and the explanation