Chapter 3 Guatemala

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	Indigenous language	Speakers	Proportion literate (Spanish)	Proportion literate (indigenous language)	Proportion speaks Spanish
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1	Q'eqchi'	1,024,587	58%	37%	51%
2	K'iche'	981,525	65%	9%	60%
3	Mam	539,519	66%	11%	72%
4	Kaqchiquel	392,534	71%	7%	69%
5	Q'anjob'al	150,564	64%	20%	58%
6	Poqomchi'	122,718	61%	5%	64%
7	Achí	116,654	70%	6%	71%
8	Ixil	105,873	65%	13%	59%
9	Tz'utujil	69,249	68%	11%	61%
10	Chuj	52,407	54%	20%	41%

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Figure 3.1: Indigenous languages of Guatemala and their speakers

CAUTION: The available data indicates that in many cases, there is a higher number of individuals that are literate in Spanish than can speak Spanish, which seems improbable.

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Q'eqchi'

K'iche'

Mam

Kaqchiquel

1 – 10
10 – 100
100 – 1,000
1,000 – 10,000
10,000 – 100,000
100,000 – 191,000

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Figure 3.2: Map of indiegnous languages with over 200,000 speakers in Guatemala