Ch'orti'
Ch'orti' is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and Honduras, by about 30 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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The Chʼortiʼ language (sometimes also Chorti) is a Mayan language, spoken by the indigenous Maya people who are also known as the Chʼortiʼ or Chʼortiʼ Maya. Chʼortiʼ is a direct descendant of the Classic Maya language in which many of the pre-Columbian inscriptions using the Maya script were written, mostly between the years AD 250 and 850.
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Words in Ch'orti'
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ixik | |
| blood | chʼichʼ | |
| water | jaʼ | |
| dog | c'i' | |
| fish | čay | |
| one | inte' | |
| coffee | kahwe |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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