Chuj language
| San Mateo Ixtatán Chuj and San Sebastián Coatán Chuj | ||
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Spoken in |
Guatemala , Mexico | |
| speaker | over 50,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
myn (Mayan languages) |
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| ISO 639-3 |
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Chuj (other spellings: Chuh, Czuj, Chuje, Chuhe, IPA : [ ʧuːx ]) is a language from the Mayan family that is spoken in Guatemala and Mexico .
There are two related languages called chuj :
- San Mateo Ixtatán Chuj (Chuj de San Mateo Ixtatán, Ixatan Chuj) - it is estimated that over 22,000 people speak the language in Guatemala and over 9,000 people in Mexico
- San Sebastián Coatán Chuj (Chuj de San Sebastián Coatán, South Chuj) - it is estimated that over 19,000 people speak the language in Guatemala