LANGUAGE

IN GUATEMALA, 60% OF THE POPULATION SPEAK SPANISH, 40% SPEAK AMERINDIAN LANGUAGES LIKE QUICHE, CAKCHIGEL, KEKCHI, MAM, GARIFUNA, AND XINCA. THERE'S OTHER RECOGNIZED AMERIDIAN LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN. MOST USUALLY COME FORM THE MAYA'S

QUICHE IS A MESOAMERICAN LANGUAGE FORM THE MAYAN FAMILY. THE WORD QUICHE MEAN "MANY TREES" AND ITS BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS "QUI" WHICH MEANS MANY AND "CHE" WHICH MEANS TREES. CAKCHIQUEL CAME FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA. KEKCHI WAS A MAYAN LANGUAGE NATIVELY SPOKEN BY Q'ECHI' COMMUNITIES IN GUATEMALA AND BELIZE. MAM IS SPOKEN BY PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLANDS OF WESTERN GUATEMALA. XINCA IS SPOKEN BY COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF GUATEMALA NEAR EL SALVADOR.