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Dewey Decimal Number: 497.42282421
EAN num: 9780292714601
ISBN number: 0292714602
Label: University of Texas Press
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Page Count: 320
Printing Date: November 01, 2006
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Kaqchikel is one of approximately thirty Mayan languages spoken in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, and, increasingly, the United States. Of the twenty-two Mayan languages spoken in Guatemala, Kaqchikel is one of the four 'mayoritarios,' those with the largest number of speakers. About half a million people living in the central highlands between Guatemala City and Lake Atitlán speak Kaqchikel. And because native Kaqchikel speakers are prominent in the field of Mayan linguistics, as well as in Mayan cultural activism generally, Kaqchikel has been adopted as a Mayan lingua franca in some circles.
This innovative language-learning guide is designed to help students, scholars, and professionals in many fields who work with Kaqchikel speakers, in both Guatemala and the United States, quickly develop basic communication skills. The book will familiarize learners with the words, phrases, and structures used in daily communications, presented in as natural a way as possible, and in a logical sequence. Six chapters introduce the language in context (greetings, the classroom, people, the family, food, and life) followed by exercises and short essays on aspects of Kaqchikel life. A grammar summary provides in-depth linguistic analysis of Kaqchikel, and a glossary supports vocabulary learning from both Kaqchikel to English and English to Kaqchikel. These resources, along with sound files and other media on the Internet at ekaq.stonecenter.tulane.edu, will allow learners to develop proficiency in all five major language skills—listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and sociocultural understanding.
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Kaqchikel is one of the main languages in the Mayan family, and although it doesn't have as high a profile as Yukatek (Yucatec) or K'iche' (Quiche), it is one of the most widely known languages in the family. This textbook provides a superb, practical introduction to the language, and one of the best introductions available for any of the indigenous languages of the Americas.
The very first half of the book consists of a series of well-illustrated lessons covering the basics of the language. There are plenty of exercises, but unfortunately no tapes. (However, there are some short online video files at ekaq.stonecenter.tulane.edu.) These are followed by a large grammatical section, and finally a sizeable glossary. The book uses a modern orthography, and also includes much valuable cultural information.
There are relatively few good resources on Mayan languages in English, and high-quality educational materials on Mayan languages, or any Native American languages are, sadly, quite rare. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in the Mayan language family.
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I have read this book and it is a very didatical method to learn a not common language from mesoamerica. The book offers a very good condition to understand and to learn this mayan language, with good vocabulary and basic grammar well employed and well adaptated to colloquial situations.
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