Ixil

Facts

  • Language: Ixil
  • Alternate names:
  • Language code: ixi, ixj, ixl
  • Language family: Mayan; Mamean (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 69,137
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    Ethnologue (2009) distinguished 3 Ixil languages: Chajul Ixil [ixj]; Nebaj Ixil [ixi]; and San Juan Cotzal Ixil [ixl]. INALI has 2 "variantes." Others have only 1 Ixil language. Ethnologue (2013) now lists only one [ixl]