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Cakchiquel

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Noun1.Cakchiquel - a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala
Maya, Mayan - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar"
2.Cakchiquel - the Mayan language spoken by the Cakchiquel
Mayan language, Maya, Mayan - a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
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Tomas Jaehn Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya, translated by Katherine Silver, New Directions, 160 pages "I am not complete in the mind," reads the testimony of a Cakchiquel Indian who, a decade earlier, witnessed the murder of his wife and children by machete-wielding soldiers.
IN OTHER WORDS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
The Cakchiquel Maya developed their capital city of Ixmiche and began conquering the surrounding tribes.
Introduction by McNally, Shelagh / Guatemala Travel Adventures, 2nd ed.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels and the Popel Vuh speak of little but intertribal conflict among the highlanders, while the sixteen states of Yucatan were constantly battling with each other over boundaries and lineage honor.
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