The Qʼanjobalan a.k.a. Kanjobalan–Chujean languages are a branch of the
Mayan family of
Mexico
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and
Guatemala
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. All Q'anjobalan languages are spoken in
Chiapas
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, Mexico, four languages of the branch are spoken in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
Languages
*Qʼanjobʼal (Kanjobalan) proper
**Kanjobal–Jacaltec:
Akatek,
Jakaltek (Poptiʼ),
Qʼanjobʼal
**
Mochoʼ
*Chujean:
Chuj Chuj might refer to:
* A component of Russian and Polish profanity
* Chuj language, a Mayan language spoken in western Guatemala and southern Mexico
* Chuj people
The Chuj or Chuh are a Maya people, whose homeland is in Guatemala and Mexico. Popul ...
,
Tojolabal Tojolabal or Tojolabʼal may refer to:
* Tojolabal people, an ethnic group of Mexico
* Tojolabʼal language
Tojol-ab'al is a Mayan language spoken in Chiapas, Mexico by the Tojolabal people. Tojol-ab'al is spoken, principally in the departments of ...
Distribution
See
References
Mayan languages
Languages of Guatemala
Languages of Mexico
Indigenous languages of Mexico
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