Walter E Little, Judith M Maxwell, Kawoq (Baldomero Cuma Chávez), Ixnal (Ambrosia Cuma Chávez)

Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela'

An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook
Illustrator: Yaxche' Chanquin Cuma

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An advanced Kaqchikel textbook that blends language learning with Maya culture. About half a million Maya in the highlands of Guatemala speak Kaqchikel, making it one of the most widely used Mayan languages. Kik’aslemal ri Kaqchikela’ offers guidance for advanced students. Unlike many language textbooks, it is designed with not only fluency but also cultural competency in mind. Inspired by conversations with native speakers, Kaqchikel teachers, and anthropologists focused on Maya communities, Kik’aslemal ri Kaqchikela’ supports language learning through readings on topics important to speakers in Guatemala, including Maya’ Nimab’äl K’u’x (Maya cosmology); Ri Tiko’n (agriculture); Yab’il rik’in Aq’om (disease and medicine); Samaj pa Jay, pa Tinamït (work at home and in town); and more. Chapters present readings on each theme, alongside worksheets, discussion questions framed around Maya history and culture, and a contextualizing essay in English. A Kaqchikel/Spanish/English glossary, extensive grammar appendix, and English translations of the readings support learning. The result is not the usual explanation of language mechanics but instead a nuanced lesson in communication across porous boundaries of cultural difference.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2026
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781477333419
• ISBN-10: 147733341X
• Artikelnr.: 75606923

Autorenporträt

Waqi’ Kan (Walter E. Little) is a professor of anthropology at the University at Albany. He is the author of Mayas in the Marketplace: Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity. Ixq’anil (Judith M. Maxwell) is the Louise Rebecca Schawe and Williedell Schawe Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Tulane University, where she directs the Native American and Indigenous Studies program. She is a coauthor of Rowinataworu Luhchi Yoroni: Tunica Language Textbook I and Kiwujil Kaqchikela’. Kawoq (Baldomero Cuma Chávez) is a Kaqchikel language activist, teacher, author, and Maya Spiritual Guide (Ajq'ij). He is the author of Pensamiento Filosófico y Espiritualidad Maya, Runataxik, Qak'aslem: Reviviendo Nuestra Cultura, and Tawetamaj Kaqchikel: Aprenda Kaqchikel, Camino Para Entender la Cosmovisi Ixnal (Ambrocia Cuma Chávez) is a Kaqchikel language instructor at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, codirector of Oxlajuj Aj, president of the Junajpu’ Weavers' Council, and author of Maicitos II

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Choltzij richin kib’i tinamït
3. Chapter 1. Nimab’äl K’u’x Maya’ (Maya cosmology)
* Essay: Maya Spiritual Participation in Guatemala
* Language Lessons
* Jun. Cholq’ij (The 260-day calendar)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri rusamajixik ri Cholq’ij
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri loq’oläj Nimab’äl K’u’x Maya’
* Ka’i’. Taq kotz’i’j (Ceremonies)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri samajib’äl richin taq kotz’i’j
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ronojel richin jun jeb’ël xukulem
* Sidebar: Rutzijol ri xukulem (Explanation of ceremonies)
* Oxi’. Kisamaj ri ajq’ija’ (Daykeepers’ work)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri loqoläj rusamaj ri ajq’ij
* Sidebar: Kik’exel ri loq’oläj taq q’ij (Signs of the days in the Holy
Calendar)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Kisamaj ri ajq’ija’
* Kaji’. Kina’oj ri aj Katolika’ (Catholicism in Maya thought)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Kina’oj ri aj Katolika’ Pa Pwaqil
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri kaxlan nimab’äl k’u’x
* Wo’o’. Kina’oj ri aj Ewanjeliko’i’ (Protestantism in Maya thought)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Nimab’äl k’u’x kichin Ewanjeliko’i’
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Xe’oqa na ri Ewanjeliko’i’
4. Chapter 2. Ri tiko’n (Agriculture)
* Essay: Planting and Eating: From the Field to the Table
* Language Lessons
* Jun. Ri ixim, ri awän (Maize and milpa)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Rejqalem ri ixim
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Loq’oläj xim
* Sidebar: Kik’iyik wachinäq (Growth stages)
* Ka’i’. Ri k’ak’a’ tiko’n (Nontraditional agriculture)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri k’ak’a’ tiko’n
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri ütz chuqa ri itzel rik’in ri k’ak’a’
tiko’n
* Oxi’. Tikonïk (Planting)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun ala’ niretamaj ri tikoj pa juyu’
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri tiko’n ixim
* Kaji’. Jach’onïk jäl (Corn harvest)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri rajawal juyu’
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri jach’on jäl
* Sidebar: Ri rub’onil ri jäl (The colors of corn)
* Wo’o’. B’anon q’utu’n chuqa ri wa’in (Food preparation and eating)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun jeb’ël tzijonem pa ruwi’ ri q’utu’n pa ri
nimaq’ij
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Achike nikitïj ri winaqi’ pa jun tinamït
* Sidebar: Ri ütz chuqa itzel taq ruxla’ pa Kaqchikel (Good and bad
smells in Kaqchikel)
5. Chapter 3. Banob’äl (Handicrafts)
* Essay: Maya Handicraft Production in the Global Economy
* Language Lessons
* Jun. Rub’anik pop pa Santiago Zamora (Making mats in Santiago Zamora)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun ch’utin tijonïk pa ruwi rub’anik pop
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): K’atzinel jun xupub’äl
* Ka’i’. Rub’anik chakäch ke la Pwaqil (Making baskets in San Jose
Poaqil)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Achike roma k’ayew rub’anik chakäch?
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri chakäch chupam ri Maya’ k’aslemal
* Oxi’. Rub’anoj b’uk’üt, xajab’ Pa Ajyuq’ (Making shoes and sandals in
Pastores)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Loq’onïk pa jun k’ayb’äl Pa Ajyuq’
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Retamab’al ri ajb’uküt
* Kaji’. Rub’anik b’ojo’y pa San Juan SacatepÉquez (Making pottery in
San Juan SacatepÉquez)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ajb’anöy b’ojo’y
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Samaj richin ri b’ojo’y
* Wo’o’. Rub’anik xik’awuj pa Pa K’im (Making kites in Santiago
SacatÉpequez)
* Sidebar: Etamab’äl pa ruwi’ ri xik’awuj (Knowledge about kites)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ch’akonïk chrij ri xik’awuj
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri loq’oläj sipanïk xik’awuj
6. Chapter 4. Kamulunïk: Ri k’ayb’äl (The market)
7. Chapter 5. Samaj pa jay, pa tinamït (Work at home and in the town)
* Sidebar: Maya’ rochoch q’atb’äl tzij (AlcaldÍa indÍgena)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Eleq’ chupam ri k’ayb’äl
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun k’ayewal ruk’in ri potz’
* Wo’o’. Ri samaj chupam ri champomal (Work in the government)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Jun tikonel aj B’oko’ chi xretzetäj ruwex
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri sokanel wi’aj
* Kaji’. Ri sokanel. Ri t’isonel (The barber. The tailor)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Jun samajel pa ri b’ey pa Pan Ajache’l
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri winaqi’ chi yesamäj pa b’ey
* Oxi’. Ri taq samaj pa b’ey (Street work)
* Sidebar: Ixoqi’ aj AFEDES (The women of AFEDES)
* Sidebar: Ri che’ richin ri (The weaving sticks)
* Sidebar: Kab’anoj richin b’atz’inïk chuqa t’isoj (Transitive verbs
for spinning and sewing)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri samaj ajkem wakamïn chuqa ojer kan
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ajt’ison
* Ka’i’. Ri t’isonel. Ri ajkem (The seamstress. The weaver)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ojer rub’anikil jay pa Junajpu
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Xtb’an jun jay pa Pan Ajache’l
* Jun. B’anonïk jay, ojer chuqa wakamïn (House-building in the past and
present)
* Language Lessons
* Essay: Mayas’ Work in Contemporary Guatemala
8. Chapter 6. Champomali’ (Transnational and national politics)
* Essay: Kaqchikel Life in the Postwar Period
* Language Lessons
* Jun. Q’axawinaqi’ (Migration)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Achike roma jun winäq nib’e pa Pa Jotöl
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Elenïk pa taq tinamït
* Ka’i’. K’ayewal pa taq tinamït (Violence in communities)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Eleq’oma’ pa tinamït
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri k’ayewal kik’in ri itzel taq moloj
* Oxi’. Keleq’axik ak’wala’ (Stealing children)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk). Achike roma nik’atzin kichajixik ri ak’wala’
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri nimaläj mama’aj nuya’ rutzij pa ruwi’ jun
mo’s
* Kaji’. Ri raxkeja’ chuqa ri aj pa q’ayïs (Army and guerrillas)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Rax kij chuqa aj pa q’ayïs
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Jun tijonel xok aj pa q’ayïs
* Wo’o’. Ri k’aslemal chrij ri Nuk’ulem chi rij Kib’anikil, chuqa
Kich’ojib’al ri Achamaq’i’ (Life after the Peace Accords)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ruk’atz ri Ruximik Uxlanib’äl K’u’x
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Rujuxik ri Rujunumaxik Uxlanib’äl K’u’x
* Sidebar: Nimab’äl K’u’x Maya’, ri champomal, ri ajq’ija’ (Maya
Spirituality, the national government, and the daykeepers)
9. Chapter 7. Yab’il rik’in aq’om (Disease and medicine)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): E tik’asäs koma kach’alal kaminaqi’
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Jun, ka’i’, oxi’ na’ oj chrij ri kamïk
* Wo’o’. Kamïk (Death)
* Sidebar: Q’eqaläj jïq’ ojöb’ (COVID)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri itzel yab’il rub’ini’an jïq’ ojöb’
* Sidebar: Choy Quinizilapa (Lake Quinizilapa)
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ri k’ayewal kik’in ri taq xane’
* Kaji’. Yab’il. Ri aq’om, q’ayïs chuqa kaxlan (Disease and medicine,
herbal and chemical)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri rukusaxik ri q’ayïs aq’om
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Achike ruma Jun B’atz xukanuj ri ajq’ij töq
xukül yab’il
* Oxi’. Kisamaj ri ajq’ija’ pa ruwi’ ri aq’om (Daykeepers’ work with
medicine [revisited])
* Sidebar: Kirayib’al yawa’ ixoqi’ (Pregnant women’s cravings)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri kikotemal roma ralaxik jun ti ne’y
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Ka’i’ ixoqi’ k’exeloma’ yetzijon pa ruwi’
kisamaj
* Ka’i’. Ri rusamaj ri iyom, k’exelom (A midwife’s work)
* Kojsik’in (Let’s read): Ri nimaläj rusamaj ri Aq’omanel Raxq’ij
* Kojtzijon (Let’s talk): Rusamaj ri aq’omanel
* Jun. Ri rusamaj ri aq’omanel (A doctor’s work)
* Language Lessons
* Essay: Kaqchikel Healing: Approaches to Individual and Community
Well-Being
10. Chapter 8. Kamulunïk: Ri ik’ (The moon)
11. Taq tz’aq’atb’äl (Appendixes)
* Appendix C. Translations of Readings
* Appendix B. Kemchi’ (Grammar)
* Appendix A. Choltzïj (Glossary): Kaqchikel–Spanish–English
12. Pa Ruwi’ ri Tz’ib’anela’ (About the Authors)