Achi leid
Achi (Achí in Spainyie) is a Mayan leid vera closely relatit tae K'iche' (Quiché in the aulder orthografie). It is spoken bi the Achi fowk, primarily in the depairtment o Baja Verapaz in Guatemala.
Achi | |
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Native tae | Guatemala |
Region | Baja Verapaz |
Ethnicity | Achi |
Native speakers | (85,000 citit 1990–2000)[1] |
Mayan
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Leid codes | |
ISO 639-3 | acr |
Glottolog | achi1256 [2] |
Thare are twa Achi dialects. Rabinal Achi is spoken in the Rabinal aurie, an Cubulco Achi is spoken in the Cubulco aurie wast o Rabinal.
Ane o the maisterpieces o precolumbie leeteratur is the Rabinal Achí, a theatrical play written in the Achi leid.
References
eedit- ↑ Rabinal Achi at Ethnologue (15t ed., 2005)
Cubulco Achi at Ethnologue (15t ed., 2005) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Achi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Pronouncing the Maya Achi Alphabet Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- New Testament in Achi
- OLAC resources in and about the Achi language Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine