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Tz’utujil language

Also known as: Zutuhil language

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similarity to K’iche’ and Kaqchikel languages

In Kaqchikel language
Its closest relative is Tz’utujil. K’iche’ is also closely related. The Annals of the Cakchiquels (also called Anales de los Cakchiqueles, Memorial de Tecpán-Atitlán, or Memorial de Sololá), written in Kaqchikel between 1571 and 1604, is considered an important example of Native American literature. It contains both mythology and…
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In K’iche’ language
to Kaqchikel, Tz’utujil, Sakapulteko (Sacapultec), and Sipakapense (Sipacapeño) languages of central Guatemala and more distantly related to Poqomchi’, Poqomam, Uspanteko, Q’eqchi’, and other languages of the Eastern Mayan (K’ichean-Mamean) group. Achi’ is officially recognized as a separate language and is usually considered by linguists to be a…
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In Tz’utujil
The Tz’utujil language is closely related to those of the neighbouring Kaqchikel and K’iche’. The Tz’utujil, like neighbouring Mayan peoples, are agricultural, growing the Indian staple crops—corn (maize), beans, and squash. They also keep a few domestic animals such as sheep, pigs, and chickens. The people…
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Kaqchikel language

Also known as: Cakchiquel language

Written by Lyle Campbell

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Kaqchikel formerly spelled:: Cakchiquel

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Kaqchikel language, member of the K’ichean (Quichean) subgroup of the Mayan family of languages, spoken in central Guatemala by some 450,000 people. It has numerous dialects. Its closest relative is Tz’utujil. K’iche’ is also closely related. The Annals of the Cakchiquels (also called Anales de los Cakchiqueles, Memorial de Tecpán-Atitlán, or Memorial de Sololá), written in Kaqchikel between 1571 and 1604, is considered an important example of Native American literature. It contains both mythology and historical information pertaining especially to the Kaqchikel ruling lineages.