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K’iche’ or Quiché 〔Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh〕 (K'iche' , also ''Qatzijob'al'' "our language" to its speakers) is a Mayan 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). ==Dialects== Kaufman (1970) divides the K'iche' complex into the following five dialects, with the representative municipalities given as well (quoted in Par Sapón 2000:17). ;East *Joyabaj *Zacualpa *Cubulco *Rabinal *San Miguel Chicaj ;West *Nahualá *Santa Clara La Laguna *Santa Lucía Utatlán *Aldea Argueta, Sololá *Cantel *Zunil *San José Chiquilajá, Quetzaltenango *Totonicapán *Momostenango ;Central *Santa María Chiquimula *San Antonio Ilotenango *Santa Cruz del Quiché *Chichicastenango ;North *Cunén ;South *Samayac The Nahualá dialect of K'iche' shows some differences from other K'iche' lects: Nahualá preserves an ancient Proto-Mayan distinction between five long vowels (aa, ee, ii, oo, uu) and five short vowels (a, e, i, o, u). It is for this conservative linguistic feature that Guatemalan and foreign linguists have actively sought to have the language called "K'ichee'," rather than K'iche' or Quiché. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「K'iche' language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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