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Q’anjob’al, Eastern

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: kjb

Population	77,700 in Guatemala (1998).
Region	Huehuetenango Department, Santa Eulalia. Also in United States.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 17
Alternate names	Conob, Eastern Kanjobal, Kanhobal, Qanjobal, Santa Eulalia Kanjobal
Classification	Mayan, Kanjobalan-Chujean, Kanjobalan, Kanjobal-Jacaltec
Language use	Few also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 26%. Bible: 1989.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

A sic yabil. 1969.

Cartilla K'anjobal 1. 1973.

Cartilla kʼanjobal 2-4. 1987.

Txuljubal. 1969.