Achí language

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Achi '

Spoken in

Baja Verapaz in Guatemala
speaker approx. 85,500
Linguistic
classification
  • Mayan languages
    Quichean mamean
    Greater Quichean
    Quichean
    Quiche achi '
    Achi '
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

-

ISO 639 -2

myn

ISO 639-3

acr

Achi is a Maya language that is related to the Quiché language . It is mainly spoken by the indigenous Maya people of the same name, the Achi ' in Baja Verapaz in Guatemala .

Number of speakers

In the 2002 census in Guatemala, 82,640 people (0.8%) said Achi was their mother tongue; 105,992 people (0.9%) identified themselves as Achi .

Dialects

Two Achi 'dialects can be distinguished: The Cubulco-Achi' is still spoken by around 48,000 people in Cubulco , west of Rabinal. The Rabinal-Achi 'is still spoken by about 37,000 people in the Rabinal area .

Literary tradition

The literary work Rab'inal Achí ("The Achí Warrior", also called Xajooj Tun , "Drum Dance") has been handed down in the Achi 'language and is one of the masterpieces of the oral and immaterial heritage of humanity .

literature

  • Antonio López Manuel: Vocabulario del idioma achi = Cholob'al tziij pa ch'a'teem achi. F & G Editores, Guatemala 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Idioma o lengua en que aprendió a hablar . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.
  2. ↑ XI Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002) - Pertenencia de grupo étnico . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2002. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved on December 22, 2009.