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Spanish is the official language. As a first and second language, Spanish is spoken by 93% of the population as second or third language. Twenty-one Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages, Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast ...
cakc1235. Cauqué Mayan (also known as Kaqchikel–Kʼicheʼ Mixed language) is a mixed language spoken in the aldea of Santa María Cauqué, Santiago Sacatepéquez, in the Department of Sacatepéquez in Guatemala. It is a Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) base relexified by Kaqchikel (Cakchiquel). During the colonial era, Kʼicheʼ migrated to Sacatepéquez ...
Achi'. Achi ( Achí in Spanish) is a Mayan language very closely related to Kʼicheʼ ( Quiché in the older orthography). It is spoken by the Achi people, primarily in the department of Baja Verapaz in Guatemala . There are two Achi dialects. Rabinal Achi is spoken in the Rabinal area, and Cubulco Achi is spoken in the Cubulco area west of ...
The Jakaltek / hɑːkəlˈtɛk / [2] ( Jacaltec) language, also known as Jakalteko ( Jacalteco) or Poptiʼ, [3] is a Mayan language from the Q’anjob’alan-chujean branch spoken by the Jakaltek people in some municipalities in the state of Chiapas, Mexico and the municipality of Jacaltenango in the department of Huehuetenango ,Guatemala in ...
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Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign languages are full-fledged natural languages with their own grammar and lexicon. [1]
Poqomchiʼ language. Poqomchiʼ (Pokomchi: Poqomchiiʼ) is a Mayan language spoken by the Poqomchiʼ Maya of Guatemala, and is very closely related to Poqomam. Its two main dialects, eastern and western, were spoken by 90,000 or so people in the year 2000, in Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, and in the following municipalities of Alta Verapaz: Santa ...
