Kʼicheʼ ([kʼiˈtʃʰeʔ], also known as Qatzijobʼal lit. 'our language' among its speakers), or Quiché (/kiːˈtʃeɪ/ kee-CHAY), is a Mayan language spoken by...
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Classical Nahuatl (lingua franca of 16th-century central Mexico) Classical Quechua (lingua franca of the 16th-century Inca Empire) Classical Kʼicheʼ (a Mayan language...
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some scholars, identifies them closely with mixed languages. The Kaqchikel-K'iche' Mixed Language, also known as the Cauqué Mixed Language or Cauqué Mayan...
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Antipassive voice (section Kʼicheʼ)
more typical type of language with an antipassive. In the Mayan language Kʼicheʼ, the core arguments of a clause are unmarked for case, and are cross-referenced...
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Greater Quichean sub-branch, which consists of 10 Mayan languages, including Kʼicheʼ). Because contact between members of different Mam communities is somewhat...
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Inuit Pidgin) Lingua Franca Apalachee Lingua Franca Creek Lingua Geral Amazônica (also known as Nheengatú, Lingua Boa, Lingua Brasílica, Lingua Geral do Norte)...
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Chicomuceltec (cob), Chuj (cac), Itza' (itz), Ixil (ixl), Jakalteko (jac), K'iche' (quc), Kaqchikel (cak), Mam (mam), Maya/Mopán (mop), Poqomam (poc), Poqomchi'...
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Italian Japanese4 Kannada Kazakh Klingon Kʼicheʼ Konkani Korean Kurdish Kyrgyz Quechua Latin Latgalian Latvian Lingua Franca Nova Lithuanian Lojban Luxembourgish...
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including Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. In addition, English serves as the lingua franca of Israel. Though many Jewish languages are not genetically related...
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Chʼoltiʼ language. It is possible that the Maya elite spoke this language as a lingua franca over the entire Maya-speaking area, but texts were also written in...
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the subject of intransitive verbs. Languages with ergative syntax like K'iche' may restrict the use of subject questions for transitive verbs but not...
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Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary Ferreira, A. B. H. (1986). Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (2nd ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. p. 19. "acai". Oxford...
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Central America, and Nahuatl became a lingua franca among merchants and elites in Mesoamerica, such as with the Maya Kʼicheʼ people. As Tenochtitlan grew to...
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and later the Aztec culture, became a lingua franca throughout Mesoamerica even some Mayan states such as the Kʼicheʼ Kingdom of Qʼumarkaj adopted Nahuatl...
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ISSN 0001-4966. PMID 17004482. Pires, Nádia N. (1992). Estudo da gramática da língua Jeoromitxi (Jabuti) (MA thesis). Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Valenzuela...
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Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān (lit. "Place of Many Trees"), a translation of the K'iche' K'ii'chee' (lit. "Many Trees"). Etymology uncertain. Anglicized from Portuguese...
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Mesoamerican area and Nahuatl became a lingua franca among merchants and elites in the region, for example among the Kʼicheʼ. Tenochtitlan grew to become the...
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