THE ACATEKO HAVE A POPULATION OF 20,000 AND ARE MAYAN AND ARE MAYAN SPEAKERS. THEY LIVE IN SAN RAFAEL AND SAN MIGUEL. AS OF 1998 THERE WERE 58,0000 SPEAKERS OF ACATEC THE LANGUAGE IS CLOSE MAYAN. IT IS BELIEVED THEY SPLIT INTO SEVERAL GROUPS OF 500 TO 1500 YEARS AGO. ALFAKET WAS A DIALECT OF THE PANJOBAL LANGUAGE UNTIL 1970'S.
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