Kaqchikel language
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The Kaqchikel language 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 Guate
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Mayan languages
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The Mayan languages are a language family spoken in Mesoamerica, both in the south of Mexico and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least six million Maya people, primarily in
Kaqchikel language
…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…
Classic period Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque, Mexico
Drawing with text written in the Chuj language from Ixcán, Guatemala
Yucatec Maya writing in the Dresden Codex, c. 11–12th century, Chichen Itza
Page 9 of the Dresden Codex showing the classic Maya language written in Mayan hieroglyphs (from the 1880 Förstermann edition)