Mayan family
Kaqchikel
1500 CE – today Living
Kaqchikel (1500 CE – today) is a living Mayan language. Lineage: Proto-Mayan → Kaqchikel.
See Kaqchikel on the interactive map- Speakers
- 450K (450,000)
- ISO 639-3
- cak
- Glottocode
- kaqc1270
K'ichean branch, close to K'iche'. The colonial Annals of the Kaqchikels are written in it.
Lineage
- Proto-Mayanc. 2,200 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Kaqchikel1500 CE – today
Sister languages 8
Also descended from Proto-Mayan.