Where Is Kekchi Spoken

The Qʼeqchiʼ language, also spelled Kekchi, Kʼekchiʼ, or Kekchí, is one of the Mayan languages, spoken within Qʼeqchiʼ communities in Guatemala and Belize.

Who speaks Quiché?

K’iche’ language, formerly spelled Quiché, member of the K’ichean (Quichean) subgroup of the Mayan family of languages, spoken in the western highlands of central Guatemala by nearly one million people.

Is Q Eqchi a written language?

Q’eqchi’ or Kekchi is a Mayan language spoken by about 500,000 people in Guatemala and Belize. A newer orthography developed in 1980s and 1990s by the Proyecto Lingüistico Francisco Marroquin has become the standard written form of Q’eqchi’ in Guatemala. …