Q’anjob’al

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Conob, Eastern Kanjobal, Eastern Qanjobal, Kanhobal, Qanjobal, Santa Eulalia Kanjobal

Population

77,700 in Guatemala (1998).

Location

Huehuetenango Department, Santa Eulalia. Also in Mexico, United States.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Typology

VSO

Language Use

Few also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 26%. Bible: 1989.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.