Kaqchikel

Mesoamerican language
Language language Q35115
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Kaqchikel

Summary

Kaqchikel is a language[1]. Kaqchikel ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (375 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kaqchikel is in the country of Guatemala[3].
  • Kaqchikel is in the country of Mexico[4].
  • Kaqchikel's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Kaqchikel's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Kaqchikel is a type of Quichean[7].
  • Kaqchikel is a type of Indigenous languages of the Americas[8].
  • Kaqchikel's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Kaqchikel's Commons category is recorded as Kaqchikel language[10].
  • Kaqchikel's Wikimedia language code is recorded as cak[11].
  • Kaqchikel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kaqchikel language[12].
  • Kaqchikel's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+500000'}[13].
  • Kaqchikel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'cak', 'text': 'Kaqchikel Chʼabʼäl'}[14].
  • Kaqchikel's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[15].
  • Kaqchikel's indigenous to is recorded as Kaqchikel people[16].
  • Kaqchikel's indigenous to is recorded as Chimaltenango Department[17].
  • Kaqchikel's indigenous to is recorded as Escuintla Department[18].
  • Kaqchikel's indigenous to is recorded as Quiché Department[19].
  • Kaqchikel's indigenous to is recorded as Sacatepéquez Department[20].
  • Kaqchikel's indigenous to is recorded as Sololá Department[21].
  • Kaqchikel's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CAK[22].
  • Kaqchikel's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational[23].
  • Kaqchikel's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[24].
  • Kaqchikel's linguistic typology is recorded as agglutinative language[25].
  • Kaqchikel's linguistic typology is recorded as object–subject–verb[26].
  • Kaqchikel's linguistic typology is recorded as ergative–absolutive language[27].

Why It Matters

Kaqchikel ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (375 views/month).[2] Kaqchikel has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Kaqchikel is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Guatemala, Mexico
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Kaqchikel people, Chimaltenango Department, Escuintla Department +3
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293769405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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