Native to Guatemala Ethnicity Poqomchi' ISO 639-3 poh | Region Baja Verapaz Native speakers 92,000 (1998–2000) | |
Language family Mayan
Quichean–Mamean
Greater Quichean
Poqom
Poqomchi’ | ||
Poqomchi’ (Pokomchi, Poqomchii') is a Mayan language spoken by the Poqomchi’ Maya of Guatemala, and is very closely related to Poqomam. Its two main dialects, eastern and western, were spoken by 90,000 or so people in the year 2000, in Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, and in the following municipalities of Alta Verapaz: Santa Cruz Verapaz, San Cristóbal Verapaz, Tactic, Tamahú and Tucurú. It is also the predominant language in the municipality of Chicamán (El Quiché), which borders Alta Verapaz.
Distribution
Poqomam is spoken in the following municipalities of Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, and El Quiché departments (Variación Dialectal en Poqom, 2000).
References
Poqomchi' language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA