K’iche’ Cantel New TestamentWith Traditional SpellingRu Loq Pixab Ri Dios Guatemalaquc (GT:quc:K’iche’)Cantel is a small municipality in the Quetzaltenango Department in Guatemala. It is located east of the city of Quetzaltenango and has an area of 22km2. The village of Cantel is situated at 2,370 m altitude. The population is 32,221 people.Cantel includes the small Maya archaeological sites of Chojolom and Cerro Quiac.Paperback: 462 pagesPublisher: Digital Bible Society (June 14, 2017) / Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1531305474ISBN-13: 978-1531305475 Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inchesShipping Weight: 1.7 poundsKiche ([kite], also Qatzijob’al “our language” to its speakers), or Quich (/kite/), is a Maya language of Guatemala, spoken by the K’iche’ people of the central highlands. With over a million speakers (some 7% of Guatemala’s population), K’iche’ is the second-most widely spoken language in the country after Spanish. Most speakers of K’iche’ languages also have at least a working knowledge of Spanish.The Central dialect is the most commonly used in the media and education. The literacy rate is low, but K’iche’ is increasingly taught in schools and used on radio. The most famous work in the Classical K’iche’ language is the Popol Vuh (Popol Wu’uj in modern spelling).Kaufman (1970) divides the K’iche’ complex into the following five dialects, with the representative municipalities given as well (quoted in Par Sapn 2000:17).EastJoyabajZacualpaCubulcoRabinalSan Miguel ChicajWestNahualSanta Clara La LagunaSanta Luca UtatlnAldea Argueta, SololCantelZunilSan Jos Chiquilaj, QuetzaltenangoTotonicapnMomostenangoCentralSanta Mara ChiquimulaSan Antonio IlotenangoSanta Cruz del QuichChichicastenangoNorthCunnSouthSamayacMazatenangoKicheQuichQatzijob’alPronunciation[kite]NativetoGuatemalaRegionCentral highlandsEthnicityK’iche’Native speakers(2.3 million cited 19912000[1])[2]Language familyMayanEastern (QuicheanMamean)Greater QuicheanQuicheanQuichAchiKicheEarly formClassical K’iche’Official statusRecognised minority languageinGuatemala[3]RegulatedbyAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala (ALMG)Language codesISO 639-3qucGlottologkich1262