Kaqchikel language

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The Cakchiquel language ( Spanish), Kekchi ( German ) or Kaqchikel ( proper name ) is the language of the indigenous people of Cakchiquel in Guatemala and with about half a million speakers one of the most widely spoken Mayan languages ​​.

Dissemination

The Cakchiquel language area includes large parts of the highlands of Guatemala, in the departments of Chimaltenango, Solola and Sacatepéquez. Apart from some remote areas dominate most Cakchiquel speakers to a certain extent, Spanish.

Cakchiquel is closely related to the Quiché language, but itself has some quite different dialects (SIL International) are considered as separate languages ​​by some experts, especially from the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

In the 2002 census gave 444 954 (4.3%) Kaqchikel as mother tongue; 832 968 (7.4%) described themselves as Kaqchikel.

Literary tradition

From the colonial era the annals of the Cakchiquel are (Los Anales de los Cakchiqueles, also Anales de los Xahil, Memorial de Tecpán - Atitlán or Memorial de Solola ) narrated by members of the Xahil family, including by Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá ( from 1560 to 1583 ), and his grandson, Francisco Rojas (from 1583 to 1604 were written ). This history and mythology of the Cakchiquel are given.

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