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Ch'orti' people

 
Wikipedia: Ch'orti' people
Ch'orti'
Total population
approx. 51,000
Regions with significant populations
 Guatemala 46,833 [1]
Chiquimula
 Honduras approx. 4,200 [2]
Copán
Languages

Ch'orti', Spanish

Religion

Catholic, Evangelicalist, Maya religion

The Ch'orti' people (alternatively, Ch'orti' Maya or Chorti) are one of the indigenous Maya peoples, who primarily reside in communities and towns of southeastern Guatemala, northwestern Honduras, and northern El Salvador. Their indigenous language, also known as Ch'orti', is a survival of Classic Choltian, the language of the inscriptions in Copan. It is the first language of approximately 15,000 people, although the majority of present-day Ch'orti' speakers are bilingual in Spanish as well.

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