Qʼeqchiʼ language
Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and Belize / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Qʼeqchiʼ language, also spelled Kekchi, Kʼekchiʼ, or Kekchí, is one of the Mayan languages from the Quichean branch, spoken within Qʼeqchiʼ communities in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.[3]
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Qʼeqchiʼ | |
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Kekchi | |
Native to | Guatemala, Belize, Mexico |
Region | Alta Verapaz, Petén, Izabal, Baja Verapaz, El Quiché; Toledo; Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas |
Ethnicity | Qʼeqchiʼ |
Native speakers | 1.3 million (2019 census)[1] |
Mayan
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Latin | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Guatemala[2] Mexico |
Regulated by | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas Academía de las Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kek |
Glottolog | kekc1242 |
ELP | Q'eqchi' |
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