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  2. Indigenous peoples in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous peoples in Guatemala, also known as Native Guatemalans, are the original inhabitants of Guatemala, predating Spanish colonization.Guatemala is home to 6.5 million (43.75%) people of Indigenous heritage belonging to the 22 Mayan peoples (Achi’, Akatec, Awakatec, Chalchitec, Ch’ortí, Chuj, Itzá, Ixil, Jacaltec, Kaq- chikel, K’iche, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomchí, Q’anjob ...

  3. Languages of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, and is spoken by 93% of the population. [1] Guatemalan Spanish is the local variant of the Spanish language.. Twenty-two Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages: Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast.

  4. Guatemalans - Wikipedia

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    Spanish is the official language. As a first and second language, Spanish is spoken by 93% of the population as second or third language. Twenty-one Mayan languages are spoken, especially in rural areas, as well as two non-Mayan Amerindian languages, Xinca, an indigenous language, and Garifuna, an Arawakan language spoken on the Caribbean coast ...

  5. Mesoamerican languages - Wikipedia

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    An example of text in a Mesoamerican language written in an indigenous Mesoamerican writing system. Mesoamerican languages are the languages indigenous to the Mesoamerican cultural area, which covers southern Mexico, all of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

  6. Chuj people - Wikipedia

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    The Chuj or Chuh [3] are a Maya people, whose homeland is in Guatemala and Mexico.Population estimates vary between 30,000 and over 60,000. Their indigenous language is also called Chuj and belongs to the Q'anjobalan branch of Mayan languages.

  7. Mam people - Wikipedia

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    Woman of the Mame culture. She lives in Pavencul Ejido, Municipality of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. The Mam are an indigenous Maya people in the western highlands of Guatemala and in south-western Mexico who speak the Mam language. Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango.

  8. Xinca people - Wikipedia

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    Their languages (the Xincan languages) are not known to be related to any other language family, [2] although they have many loan words from Mayan languages. [ 3 ] The Xinka may have been among the earliest inhabitants of southeastern Guatemala, predating the arrival of the Maya and the Pipil .

  9. Category:Indigenous peoples in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    14 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "Indigenous peoples in Guatemala" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.