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Languages Spoken in Guatemala

Official: Spanish

Guatemala has a population of 18.3 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 16 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Spanish serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Guatemala, 2 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

18.3M
Population
16
Languages
2
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Languages spoken in Guatemala

Spanish Official
Latin script
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88%
CLDR
Kaqchikel Regional
Latin script
9%
CLDR
Qʼeqchiʼ
Latin script
9%
CLDR
Kʼicheʼ Regional
Latin script
9%
CLDR
Mam
Latin script
5%
CLDR
English
English Braille, English alphabet
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3%
CLDR
Q'anjob'al
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Poqomchi'
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Achi
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Ixil Regional
Latin script
0.9%
CLDR
Tz'utujil
Latin script
0.6%
CLDR
Western Kanjobal
Latin script
0.6%
CLDR
Chortí Regional
Latin script
0.1%
CLDR
Sacapulteco Regional
0.1%
CLDR
Uspanteco Regional
0.0%
CLDR
Xinca Regional
0.0%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Spanish (official) 69.9%, Maya languages 29.7% (Q'eqchi' 8.3%, K'iche 7.8%, Mam 4.4%, Kaqchikel 3%, Q'anjob'al 1.2%, Poqomchi' 1%, other 4%), other 0.4% (includes Xinca and Garifuna) (2018 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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