Tektitek language

Tektitek
B'a'aj
Native to	Guatemala, Mexico
Region	Western Highlands
Ethnicity	Tektitek
Native speakers	5,000 (2002)[1]
Language family	Mayan Quichean–Mamean Greater Mamean Mamean Tektitek
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
								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

1. Tektitek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tektiteko". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. "Comunidad Lingüística Tektiteka - Historia". ALMG. Retrieved 2009-02-15.