Kaqchikel
Kaqchikel Chʼabʼäl
Kaqchikel is a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, by about 500 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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The Kaqchikel language (in modern orthography; formerly also spelled Cakchiquel or Cachiquel) is an Indigenous Mesoamerican language and a member of the Quichean–Mamean branch of the Mayan languages family. It is spoken by the Indigenous Kaqchikel people in central Guatemala.
While languages of the Mayan family are not mutually intelligible, Kaqchikel is closest to the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) and Tzʼutujil languages.
Kaqchikel is taught in public schools through Guatemala's intercultural bilingual education programs.
From Wikipedia · Kaqchikel language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Konojel ri winaqi' kan kalaxib'en pe ri kolotajïk, ri junan kiq'ij, ri junan kejqalen, junan kich'ojib'al pa kik'aslen, xa achi'el k'a ri kik'ojlen, ri kinojib'al kichajin xa tik'amun k'a chi nimaläj konojel xtikajo' ki'.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Kaqchikel
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ixöq | |
| eye | aq’awach | |
| tongue | aq' | |
| water | ya' | |
| sun | ik | |
| moon | ikʼ | |
| stone | ab’äj | |
| mountain | juyu' | |
| five | wo'o' | |
| salt | atzʼam | |
| chocolate | kakaw | |
| yes | ja' |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Tz'utujilMayan67% alike
- SipacapenseMayan66% alike
- AchiMayan65% alike
- SacapultecoMayan65% alike
- UspantecoMayan57% alike
- Poqomchi'Mayan55% alike
Grammar
- KʼicheʼMayan88% alike
- TektitekoMayan87% alike
- MamMayan84% alike
- Xinka-JumaytepequeXincan84% alike
- Q'anjob'alMayan84% alike
- AchiMayan84% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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