• Ch'orti' (or Chorti) may refer to: Ch'orti' people - one of the indigenous Maya peoples of southeastern Guatemala and western Honduras Ch’orti’ language...
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  • The Chʼortiʼ people (alternatively, Chʼortiʼ Maya or Chorti) are one of the Indigenous Maya peoples, who primarily reside in communities and towns of...
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  • The Chʼortiʼ language (sometimes also Chorti) is a Mayan language, spoken by the indigenous Maya people who are also known as the Chʼortiʼ or Chʼortiʼ Maya...
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    American Indigenous peoples have various beliefs about the roadrunner. The Ch’orti’, known to call it t’unk’u’x or mu’, have taboos against harming the bird...
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    meaning of "feathered snake". In the Chol-Ch'orti'-Tzeltal family of languages, Kukulcan is Kukulchon. In Ch'orti', Kukulchon is kuk k'ur chon. Kukulkan...
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    include the Lenca (453,672), Miskito (80,007), Garifuna (43,111), Maya Ch'orti (33,256), Tolupan (19,033), Bay Creoles (12,337), Nahuas (6,339), Pech...
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  • Barbara, Comayagua Department, Francisco Morazán Department and Valley. The Chʼortiʼ people speak a Mayan language in the Ch'olan group. They are the result...
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    Ch'orti' people. The Poqomam are a Maya people in western El Salvador near its border. Their indigenous language is also called Poqomam. The Ch'orti'...
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  • Tabasco, and Campeche in Mexico. This language, together with Chontal, Ch'orti', and Ch'olti', constitute the Cholan language group. The Cholan branch...
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    century. The Maya of this civilization survive in western Honduras as the Ch'orti', isolated from their Choltian linguistic peers to the west. However, Copán...
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  • 2012" (PDF). INE. Retrieved 2 November 2014. Metz, Brent (1 May 2006). Ch'orti'-Maya Survival in Eastern Guatemala: Indigeneity in Transition. UNM Press...
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    (6.3% of the total population). With the exception of the Lenca and the Ch'orti' they still keep their language. Six different Amerindian groups were counted...
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  • family of languages, comprising four languages, namely, Chʼol, Chʼoltiʼ, Chʼortiʼ, and Chontal. Notably, the language of Mayan hieroglyphs is now deemed...
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    and Ritual Language in Ch'orti'. FAMSI Grantee Report, 2000, www.famsi.org. Kerry Hull, Verbal Art and Performance in Ch'orti' and in Maya Hieroglyphic...
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    Ch'orti' people. The Poqomam are a Maya people in western El Salvador near its border. Their indigenous language is also called Poqomam. The Ch'orti'...
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    Mam, Ki'che', Kackchiquel, Chajoma, Tz'utujil, Poqomchi', Q'eqchi' and Ch'orti' peoples in the highlands. Their cities preserved many aspects of Maya...
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    language they dub "Classic Chʼoltiʼan", the ancestor language of the modern Chʼortiʼ and Chʼoltiʼ languages. They propose that it originated in western and...
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    580 Chaco, Argentina Chaco, Argentina Poqomam 30,000 Guatemala Guatemala Ch'orti' 30,000 Guatemala Guatemala Kaiwá 26,500 Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Sioux...
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    Puna and of Peru. From the Mataco or Mataguyao group: Iyojwa'ja Chorote, Ch'orti', Yofuaha or Eklenjuy is from the Mataco-Guaicuru family and is a distinct...
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    conquest: 1. Pipil people, 2. Lenca people, 3. Kakawira o Cacaopera, 4. Xinca, 5. Maya Ch'orti' people, 6. Maya Poqomam people, 7. Mangue o Chorotega....
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    the Ch'ol and the Ch'orti'. The Ch'ol occupied the region around the Amatique Bay and along the lower Chamelecón River. The Ch'orti' inhabited the upper...
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    97944°N 89.67417°W / 13.97944; -89.67417 History Periods Preclassic to Late Postclassic Cultures Mesoamerican Preclassic, Lenca, Xinca, Nahua, Ch'orti'...
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    Other Indigenous groups in the country such as Maya Poqomam people, Maya Ch'orti' people, Alaguilac, Xinca people, Mixe and Mangue language people became...
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    region of Guatemala (bordering with Honduras) includes groups such as the Chʼortiʼ. The northern lowland Petén region includes the Itza, whose language is...
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    Huipil [ˈwipil] (Nahuatl: huīpīlli [wiːˈpiːlːi]; Ch'orti': b’ujk;[citation needed] Chuj: nip) is the most common traditional garment worn by indigenous...
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  • (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Chiapas) Maya, Achi, Chuj, Chʼortiʼ, Itza, Kʼicheʼ, Qʼeqchiʼ, Xinca, Tektitek, Huastecan, Mopan, Lacandon...
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  • belonging to the 22 Mayan people (Achi’, Akatec, Awakatec, Chalchitec, Ch’ortí, Chuj, Itzá, Ixil, Jacaltec, Kaq- chikel, K’iche, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam,...
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  • Cándido Amador Recinos (category Chʼortiʼ people)
    Recinos (1958 – April 12, 1997) was a Honduran political activist and Ch'orti' indigenous leader. He was General Secretary of the General Council of...
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    Nicarao were in western Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica, and the Ch'orti' were in eastern Guatemala and northwestern Honduras. In central Mexico...
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    Spanish conquest: 1. Pipil people, 2. Lenca, 3. Kakawira o Cacaopera, 4. Xinca, 5. Maya Ch'orti' people, 6. Maya Poqomam people, 7. Mangue o Chorotega....
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