Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook by Little, Walter E.

Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781477333426)

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Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook by Little, Walter E.

Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook

$45.00
Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook by Little, Walter E.

Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook

$45.00
Format: Paperback
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An advanced Kaqchikel textbook that blends language learning with Maya culture.

About half a million Maya in the highlands of Guatemala speak Kaqchikel, making it one of the most widely used Mayan languages. Following the 2006 publication of La ütz awäch?, an introduction to Kaqchikel, Kik'aslemal ri Kaqchikela' offers guidance for advanced students. Unlike many language textbooks, it is designed with not only fluency but also cultural competency in mind.

Inspired by conversations with native speakers, Kaqchikel teachers, and anthropologists focused on Maya communities, Kik'aslemal ri Kaqchikela' supports language learning through readings on topics important to speakers in Guatemala, including Maya' Nimab'äl K'u'x (Maya cosmology); Ri Tiko'n (agriculture); Yab'il rik'in Aq'om (disease and medicine); Samaj pa Jay, pa Tinamït (work at home and in town); and more. Chapters present readings on each theme, alongside worksheets, discussion questions framed around Maya history and culture, and a contextualizing essay in English. A Kaqchikel/Spanish/English glossary, extensive grammar appendix, and English translations of the readings support learning. The result is not the usual explanation of language mechanics but instead a nuanced lesson in communication across porous boundaries of cultural difference.



Author: Walter E. Little,Judith M. Maxwell,Kawoq (Baldomero Cuma Chávez)
ISBN-10: 1477333428
ISBN-13: 9781477333426
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2026
Pages: 386
Format: Paperback
By Walter E. Little
By Walter E. Little
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Waqi' Kan (Walter E. Little) is a professor of anthropology at the University at Albany. He is the author of Mayas in the Marketplace: Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity.

Ixq'anil (Judith M. Maxwell) is the Louise Rebecca Schawe and Williedell Schawe Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Tulane University, where she directs the Native American and Indigenous Studies program. She is a coauthor of Rowinataworu Luhchi Yoroni: Tunica Language Textbook I and Kiwujil Kaqchikela'.

Kawoq (Baldomero Cuma Chávez) is a Kaqchikel language activist, teacher, author, and Maya Spiritual Guide (Ajq'ij). He is the author of Pensamiento Filosófico y Espiritualidad Maya, Runataxik, Qak'aslem: Reviviendo Nuestra Cultura, and Tawetamaj Kaqchikel: Aprenda Kaqchikel, Camino Para Entender la Cosmovisión.

Ixnal (Ambrocia Cuma Chávez) is a Kaqchikel language instructor at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane Unviversity, codirector of Oxlajuj Aj, president of the Junajpu' Weavers' Council, and author of Maicitos II.

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