for the speaker to talk about movement and direction in space without pointing or using other gestures. Consider the stative verb to be, which can appear as existing inwards, existing towards there, away from the speaker and listener and existing from the inside out, using different enclitics. Standard verb roots are classified in multiple categories at once. Phonology Vowels Akatek has 5 vowels: Vowel length is distinctive, so one can say that the total number of vowels is 10. These long vowels are a unique and recent sound change from Q'anjob'al. Consonants Akatek has 24 consonants, including the glottal stop: is realized as word-finally, everywhere else. Examples: pom copal, xopan hollow, sip tick is realized as word-finally, everywhere else. Examples: kaapʼ two, mooke tinaja, chʼok zanate is realized as before plosive consonants, everywhere else. Examples: teʼ tree, satkan sky, pʼit song is realized as word-finally, everywhere else. Examples: kaapʼ two, pʼeyʼpʼal the walking (thing) is realized as word-initially, everywhere else. Examples: xos egg, ajane foot is realized as before and , but before alveolar and velar consonants, everywhere else. Examples: Examples: inpʼit my song, ante to cure, naa''' house'' References Mayan languages Mesoamerican languages Agglutinative languages Verb–object–subject languages Indigenous languages of Central America Languages of Guatemala Huehuetenango Department Languages of Mexico Indigenous languages of Mexico