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Preferred term

kekKekchí  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Qeqchi language, also spelled Kekchi, is one of the Mayan languages, natively spoken within Qeqchi communities in Guatemala and Belize. In Guatemala, Qeqchi is spoken in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Petén, Izabal, Baja Verapaz, and El Quiché. Several Maya communities in the Toledo District of Belize use this language as their first language, and the majority of Mayas in Toledo speak Qeqchi.

Entry terms

  • Q’eqchi’ language

ISO 639-3 code

  • kek

Notation

  • kek

In other languages

  • Q'eqchi'

    French

  • Kekchí-Sprache

    German

  • Portuguese

  • Idioma quekchí

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kek

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