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Kʼicheʼ language

Kʼicheʼ (/kiːˈtʃeɪ/ kee-CHAY; natively , also known as Qatzijobʼal lit. 'our language' among its speakers), or Quiché, is a Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of the central highlands in Guatemala and Mexico. With over a million speakers (some 7% of Guatemala's population), Kʼicheʼ is the second most widely-spoken language in the country, after…

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Dialects
Central · East · West · South · North
Early form
Classical Kʼicheʼ
ELP
K'iche'
Ethnicity
Kʼicheʼ
Glottolog
kich1262
ISO 639-3
quc

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Kʼicheʼ language

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples36
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Kʼicheʼ language

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related to Orthography · 11
Kʼicheʼ language → Academia, ALMG, Father Ximénez, Guatemala, Historically, Kʼicheʼ, Lenguas Mayas, Mayanist Dennis Tedlock, Popol Vuh, Spanish, The
Dialects · 5
Kʼicheʼ language → Central, East, North, South, West
Language family · 5
Kʼicheʼ language → Eastern (Quichean–Mamean)Greater QuicheanQuicheanQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ, Greater QuicheanQuicheanQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ, Kʼicheʼ, QuicheanQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ, Quiché–AchiKʼicheʼ
Regulated by · 2
Kʼicheʼ language → Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
Early form · 1
Kʼicheʼ language → Classical Kʼicheʼ
ELP · 1
Kʼicheʼ language → K'iche'
Ethnicity · 1
Kʼicheʼ language → Kʼicheʼ
Glottolog · 1
Kʼicheʼ language → kich1262
ISO 639-3 · 1
Kʼicheʼ language → quc
Native speakers · 1
Kʼicheʼ language → 1.1 million (2019 census)

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kʼicheʼ verbs language pye languages children mayan verb de quiché acquisition transitive clifton ergative guatemala intransitive used status use produce

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kʼicheʼ languageDialectsCentral1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageDialectsEast1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageDialectsWest1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageDialectsSouth1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageDialectsNorth1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageEarly formClassical Kʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageELPK'iche'1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageEthnicityKʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageGlottologkich12621.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageISO 639-3quc1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageLanguage familyEastern (Quichean–Mamean)Greater QuicheanQuicheanQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageLanguage familyGreater QuicheanQuicheanQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageLanguage familyQuicheanQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageLanguage familyQuiché–AchiKʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageLanguage familyKʼicheʼ1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageNative speakers1.1 million (2019 census)1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageNative toGuatemala, Mexico1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageOfficial language inMexico1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languagePronunciation[kʼiˈtʃeʔ]1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageRecognised minority language inGuatemala1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageRegionQuetzaltenango, Quiché, Retalhuleu, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, Totonicapán, Chiapas1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageRegulated byInstituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageRegulated byAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageWriting systemLatin1.00infobox
Kʼicheʼ languageis aPopol Vuh0.90text

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