Cakchiquel Central  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue

Cakchiquel Occidental  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue Achuar-Shiwiar (acu)  Cakchiquel Occidental (ckw), one of 50+ Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala today. The Western Cakchiquel language is spoken by 77,000 speakers in the highlands area of Guatemala, 80 miles west of Guatemala City. Most of the towns surround beautiful Lake Atitlan, a region where many Indian men still conserve their traditional dress. In the principal town of Solola, the government has allowed a parallel Indian mayoral structure with the official government mayoralty.

Ixil de San Juan de Cotzal   With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue

Ixil Nebaj  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue

Jacalteco, Oriental   With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue  Jacalteco, Eastern (jac), one of 50+ Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala today. The Eastern Jacalteco language is spoken by approximately 30,000 people in the mountainous northwestern area of Guatemala. The people are mostly subsistence farmers.

Kanjobal de San Mateo Acatan   With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue

Kekchi Bible.   With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue Kekchi (kek), one of 50+ Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala today. The Kekchi number approximately 700,000 and are located in Alta Verapaz in northern Guatemala. They do extend into Belize and many are migrating to California and New York. Kekchi is a Mayan language, but it is more closely related to the Mayan languages of southern Mexico. They are animistic and are greatly influenced by the trend to switch back to the old Mayan religion. However, the Kekchi Bible has had a tremendous impact on the Kekchis resulting in a people’s movement in the ‘80 when thousands turned to the Lord. They continue on today with a concern for reaching their own people with the Gospel. The Nazarene, the Southern Baptists, the Mennonites, and various Pentecostal groups are all using the Kekchi Bible and hold their services in the Kekchi language. They are proud of their Kekchi culture and language, but still burdened to reach others with the true Gospel message. It is an indigenous work that will continue on long after all expatriates have left the country.

Mam Central   With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue Mam, Comitancillo Central (mvc), one of thirty Mayan languages still spoken today. These subsistent farmers, about 120,000, live on small tracks farms in the Northern highlands of Guatemala on the border with Mexico. For years they tried to hide their language even though most spoke only a little Spanish. But today the Mam people are proud of their language.

Mam de Todos Santos Cuchumatán  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue  Mam of Todos Santos Cuchumatán (mvj), one of 50+ Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala today. The Mam people of Todos Santos reside in northwestern Guatemala, tucked mostly in one of the valleys of the Cuchumatan mountain range. Some 25,000 Todosanteros live in the municipality called Todos Santos. But there are probably another 25,000 that live elsewhere, either in Mexico, where they were driven during the civil unrest of the early 1980’s, or in various other parts of Guatemala. The first Christians came to the Lord in 1971

Quiché, Centro Occidental  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue  Quiché, West Central (qut), one of 50+ Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala today. The West Central Quiché language is read by approximately 300,000 people in Guatemala. The West Central Quiché New Testament is considered a very intelligible translation and speaks clearly to the people in their heart language.

Tzutujil de Santiago Attitlan  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue

Tzutujil de San Pedro La Laguna  With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue

Uspanteco   With Spanish Diglot  Ethnologue  Uspanteco (usp), one of 50+ Mayan languages still spoken in Guatemala today. Uspanteco is spoken by approximately 3,000 people in Guatemala.