Cakchiquel (Noun)
Meaning 1
The Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Cakchiquel language is a member of the Quichean branch of the Mayan language family.
- Cakchiquel is spoken by approximately 450,000 people in the departments of Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez, and Escuintla in Guatemala.
- The Cakchiquel language has several dialects, including the dialects spoken in the towns of Chimaltenango and Antigua Guatemala.
- Cakchiquel is an agglutinative language with a complex system of suffixes and prefixes that indicate grammatical relationships.
- The Cakchiquel language has a rich literary tradition, with many texts written in the pre-Columbian period and during the colonial era.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.