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A Kʼicheʼ speaker. Kʼicheʼ ([kʼiˈtʃʰeʔ], also known as Qatzijobʼal lit. ' our language ' among its speakers), or Quiché (/ k iː ˈ tʃ eɪ / kee-CHAY [2]), is a Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of the central highlands in Guatemala and Mexico.
Kʼicheʼ (pronounced [kʼiˈtʃeʔ]; previous Spanish spelling: Quiché) [2] are Indigenous peoples of the Americas and are one of the Maya peoples.The eponymous Kʼicheʼ language is a Mesoamerican language in the Mayan language family.
In addition to the Algonquian Anishinaabeg, many other tribes believed in Gitche Manitou.References to the Great Manitou by the Cheyenne and the Oglala Sioux (notably in the recollections of Black Elk), indicate that belief in this deity extended into the Great Plains, fully across the wider group of Algonquian peoples.
Quiché (Spanish pronunciation:) is a department of Guatemala. It is in the heartland of the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) people, one of the Maya peoples, to the north-west of Guatemala City. The capital is Santa Cruz del Quiché. The word Kʼicheʼ comes from the language of the same name, which means "many trees".
The details of the phonology of Classical Kʼicheʼ are uncertain, since the Spanish-based writing system expressed it poorly, and one needs to use the most archaic modern dialects to reconstruct the likely pronunciation. A probable phonemic inventory as preserved in archaic Kʼicheʼ dialects is: [1]
In the Late Post-Classic Maya mythology of the Popol Vuh, Camazotz (/ k ɑː m ə ˈ s ɒ t s / from Mayan /kama ˈsots’/) (alternate spellings Cama-Zotz, Sotz, Zotz) is a bat spirit at the service of the lords of the underworld.
Kiche may refer to: Kʼicheʼ (disambiguation), several uses; Kiche, village in Dagestan; See also. Quiche (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 6 ...
In the country of Belize, Qʼeqchiʼ is spoken in the Toledo District. [5] Qʼeqchiʼ is the first language of many communities in the district, and the majority of Maya in Toledo speak it.