Abstract

Q’anjob’al along with Popti’ and Akateko form the Q’anjob’alan group within the Western division of Mayan languages (Campbell and Kaufman 1985:189). It has all the typological features of Mayan languages. This chapter addresses issues that are characteristic of or occur only in Q’anjob’alan languages. Some of them are explored in previous works (Craig 1977, 1987; Martin 1977; Datz 1980; Zavala 1992, 2000; Raymundo et al. 2000; Ross Montejo and Delgado Rojas 2000; and others). A summary of these issues follows.