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Achi
Achi'
Spoken in	Guatemala
Region	Baja Verapaz
Total speakers	approx. 85,500
Language family	Mayan Quichean-Mamean Greater Quichean Quichean Quiche-Achi Achi; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	myn
ISO 639-3	acr – Achi
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Achi (Nigeria) is a town in Enugu State, Nigeria

For other uses, see Achi (disambiguation).

Achi' (or Achí in the Spanish spelling) is a Mayan language very closely related to K'iche' (Quiché in the older orthography). It is spoken by the Achi people, primarily in the department of Baja Verapaz in Guatemala.

There are two Achi' dialects. Cubulco Achi' is spoken by approximately 48,000 people in the Cubulco area west of Rabinal. Rabinal Achi' is spoken by approximately 37,000 people in the Rabinal area.^[1]

One of the masterpieces of precolumbian literature is the Rabinal Achí, a theatrical play written in the Achi language.

[edit] References

^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), (2005) Ethnologue report on Cubulco Achi' & Rabinal Achi', accessed January 07, 2009.

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Pronouncing the Maya Achi Alphabet

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[0] Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), (2005) Ethnologue report on Cubulco Achi' & Rabinal Achi', accessed January 07, 2009.

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