Akatek people

Summary

The Akatek (Akateko) are a Maya people of Guatemala. Their indigenous Akatek language belongs to the Q'anjobalan branch of Mayan languages. Most Akatek live in San Miguel Acatán and San Rafael La Independencia, in the department of Huehuetenango.

Akatek
Total population
65,965[1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Akatek, Spanish
Religion
Christianity (Majority Catholic, with Eastern[2] or Oriental Orthodox[3] and Evangelicalist minorities), Maya religion
Related ethnic groups
Maya people

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Resultados Censo 2018" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ "News | Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE – International Orthodox Christian News". Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  3. ^ "Syriac Orthodox Church Receives as Many as 800,000 New Converts in Central America | Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2015-09-04.