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ALSO KNOWN AS		Kiché, Quiché, Quiche, K'iche', Central, Central Quiché, Chiquel, Cachabel
CLASSIFICATION		Mayan, K'ichean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		quc
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Information from: “Atlas Lingüístico de Guatemala” . Richards, Michael (2003) Editorial Serviprensa, Guatemala

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
922,378
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
922,378 personas para el año 2001, según un algoritmo desarrollado con base en las proyecciones del Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Guatemala

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: - Quiché: Cotzal, Chajul, Chicamán, Quiché, Chichicastenango, Chinique, Cunén, Joyabaj, Pachalum, Patzite,
Sacapulas (parte), San Andrés Sajcabajá, San Antonio Ilotenango, San Bartolo Jocotenango, San Miguel
Uspantán (3 aldeas), San Pedro Jocopilas, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Santa María Nebaj (parte), Zacualpa.
- Huehuetenango: Aguacatán (parte norte), Malacatán (parcialmente).
- Quetzaltenango: Almolonga, El Palmar, La Esperanza, Olintepeque, Quetzaltepeque, Salcaja, San Carlos Sija, San
Francisco la Unión San Mateo, Sibilia, Zunil.
- Retalhuleu: Champerico, El Asintal, Nuevo Palmar (Belén), Nuevo San Carlos, Retalhuleu, San Andrés Villa Seca,
San Felipe, San Martín Azapotitlán, San Sebastián Retalhuleu, Santa Cruz, Mulua, Concepción.
- Sololá: Nahualá, San Juan la Laguna (3 aldeas) Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Santa Clara la Laguna, Santa Lucía
Utatlán, Sololá.
- Suchitepéquez: Chicacao, Cuyotenango, Patulul (la Ermita), Pueblo Nuevo, Río Bravo, Mazatenango, Samayac, San
Bernardino, San Francisco Zapotitlán, San Gabriel, San José el Ídolo, San Lorenzo, San Miguel Panán,
San Pablo Jocopilas, Santa Bárbara (parte), Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez, Santo Tomás la Unión,
Zunilito.
- Totonicapán: Momostenango, San Andrés Xecul, San Bartolo Aguas Calientes, San Cristóbal Totonicapán, San Francisco
el Alto, Santa Lucía la Reforma, Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán.
- San Marcos: San Antonio Sacatepéquez.
- Chimaltenango: Tecpán

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
890,822
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
226 speakers in Mexico

PLACES: Guatemala, Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mexico: Municipality of Champotón in the state of Campeche; municipalities of Las Margaritas and Marqués de Comillas in the state of Chiapas; Guatemala: El Quiché dept., Quetzaltenango, Cunén, Chichicastenango, Joyabaj, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Atitlán in Quetzaltenango dept.; Totinicapán dept, Santa Cruz Quiché

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,900,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(2000 SIL)

2,330,000. 300,000 monolinguals (2013).

PLACES: Guatemala; Mexico;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Central highlands, Totonicapán, southern El Quiché, eastern Sololá, eastern Quezaltenango departments; Quiché Department, Joyabaj municipality; southwest of Lake Atitlán, Quezaltenango, and Totonicapán departments; Chichicastenango and Chiché municipalities; Quiché Department, San Andrés Sajcabajá municipality.

1,900,000
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
922,378
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2005

PLACES: Guatemala

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 7,918 square kilometer area.

Ethnic population
1,270,953
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
656,926 women; 614,027 men. Data for within Guatemala. (Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE, Guatemala, 2002 census).

DATE OF INFO: 2002

	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		1,900,000		100000	(2000 SIL) 2,330,000. 300,000 monolinguals (2013).	At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Central highlands, Totonicapán, southern El Quiché, eastern Sololá, eastern Quezaltenango departments; Quiché Department, Joyabaj municipality; southwest of Lake Atitlán, Quezaltenango, and Totonicapán departments; Chichicastenango and Chiché municipalities; Quiché Department, San Andrés Sajcabajá municipality.	Guatemala; Mexico;
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing			Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		890,822		10000-99999	226 speakers in Mexico	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Guatemala, Mexico	Mexico: Municipality of Champotón in the state of Campeche; municipalities of Las Margaritas and Marqués de Comillas in the state of Chiapas; Guatemala: El Quiché dept., Quetzaltenango, Cunén, Chichicastenango, Joyabaj, San Andrés Sajcabajá, Atitlán in Quetzaltenango dept.; Totinicapán dept, Santa Cruz Quiché	19.3482,-90.7177;15.0309,-91.1485
		2009	ATLAS SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICO DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS EN AMÉRICA LATINA			proeibandes		2	Bolivia	UNICEF	http://www.proeibandes.org/atlas/tomo_2.pdf		2009. "ATLAS SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICO DE PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS EN AMÉRICA LATINA." 2: proeibandes. Online: http://www.proeibandes.org/atlas/tomo_2.pdf.		1,270,953		2002		656,926 women; 614,027 men. Data for within Guatemala. (Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE, Guatemala, 2002 census).
January 23		2005	Idiomas mayas: Número de hablantes y extension territorial		data republished in several locations	Prensa Libre	Revista D				http://douglasvasquez.blogspot.com/2011/03/idiomas-mayas-numero-de-hablantes-y.html and http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer.pdf	Liliana Pellicer	Liliana Pellicer. 2005. "Idiomas Mayas: Número De Hablantes Y Extension Territorial." In Revista D, Prensa Libre. Online: http://douglasvasquez.blogspot.com/2011/03/idiomas-mayas-numero-de-hablantes-y.html and http://www.monografias.com/trabajos-pdf2/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer/guatemala-lenguas-mayas-desaparecer.pdf.			922,378	2005	100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Guatemala	7,918 square kilometer area.
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			1,900,000
		2003	Atlas Lingüístico de Guatemala			Editorial Serviprensa, Guatemala					http://www.liceosiglo21.com/IDIOMA%20MAYA/atlas/Atlas%20Ling%FC%EDstico.pdf	Richards, Michael	Richards, Michael. 2003. Atlas Lingüístico de Guatemala. Guatemala: Editorial Serviprensa,			922,378	2001	10000-99999	922,378 personas para el año 2001, según un algoritmo desarrollado con base en las proyecciones del Instituto Nacional de Estadística.	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Guatemala	- Quiché: Cotzal, Chajul, Chicamán, Quiché, Chichicastenango, Chinique, Cunén, Joyabaj, Pachalum, Patzite, Sacapulas (parte), San Andrés Sajcabajá, San Antonio Ilotenango, San Bartolo Jocotenango, San Miguel Uspantán (3 aldeas), San Pedro Jocopilas, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Santa María Nebaj (parte), Zacualpa. - Huehuetenango: Aguacatán (parte norte), Malacatán (parcialmente). - Quetzaltenango: Almolonga, El Palmar, La Esperanza, Olintepeque, Quetzaltepeque, Salcaja, San Carlos Sija, San Francisco la Unión San Mateo, Sibilia, Zunil. - Retalhuleu: Champerico, El Asintal, Nuevo Palmar (Belén), Nuevo San Carlos, Retalhuleu, San Andrés Villa Seca, San Felipe, San Martín Azapotitlán, San Sebastián Retalhuleu, Santa Cruz, Mulua, Concepción. - Sololá: Nahualá, San Juan la Laguna (3 aldeas) Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Santa Clara la Laguna, Santa Lucía Utatlán, Sololá. - Suchitepéquez: Chicacao, Cuyotenango, Patulul (la Ermita), Pueblo Nuevo, Río Bravo, Mazatenango, Samayac, San Bernardino, San Francisco Zapotitlán, San Gabriel, San José el Ídolo, San Lorenzo, San Miguel Panán, San Pablo Jocopilas, Santa Bárbara (parte), Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez, Santo Tomás la Unión, Zunilito. - Totonicapán: Momostenango, San Andrés Xecul, San Bartolo Aguas Calientes, San Cristóbal Totonicapán, San Francisco el Alto, Santa Lucía la Reforma, Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán. - San Marcos: San Antonio Sacatepéquez. - Chimaltenango: Tecpán

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

922,378

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

890,822

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,900,000

1,900,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

922,378

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K'iche'

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

922,378

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

890,822

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,900,000

1,900,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

922,378

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