La Ütz Awäch?: Introduction to Kaqchikel Maya Language

by R. McKenna Brown

Kaqchikel is one of approximately thirty Mayan languages spoken in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and, increasingly, the United States. Of the twenty-two Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala, Kaqchikel is one of the four "mayoritarios," those with the largest number of speakers. About half a million people living in the central highlands between Guatemala City and Lake Atitl n speak Kaqchikel. And because native Kaqchikel speakers are prominent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292714602
• ISBN13: 9780292714601
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.8"