Mayan · ISO 639-3 quc
K'iche' Language Qatzijob'al
K'iche' is a Mayan language spoken by about 2.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where K'iche' is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak K'iche'
Language family
- Mayan
- Core Mayan
- Quichean-Mamean
- Greater Quichean
- Core Quichean
- Quiche-Achi
- K'iche'
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the K'iche' language
K'iche' (Qatzijob'al) is spoken by about 2.0 million people, which makes it the 311th most spoken language in the world — just behind Powari (2.0 million) and ahead of Shilluk (2.0 million). It belongs to the Mayan language family and, more precisely, to the Quiche-Achi group within the Quichean-Mamean branch.
Where is K'iche' spoken?
K'iche' is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Guatemala (1.6 million).
K'iche' is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Guatemala.
Writing system and status
K'iche' is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Kaqchikel, Sacapulteco, Uspanteco and Ixil.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 quc.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.