Q’anjob’al

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

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

Population

77,700 in Guatemala (1998).

Location

Huehuetenango Department, Santa Eulalia; east into El Quiché Department, western border near Soloma.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Typology

VSO.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

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

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].