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Publication details [#29295]

Lewis, M. Paul. 1993. Real men don´t speak Quiché: Quiché ethnicity, Ki-che ethnic movement, K´iche´ nationalism. Language Problems and Language Planning 17 (1) : 37–54.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

alphabetic code | ethnicity | language policy | language status | nationalism

Language as a subject

Mayan, Quiche

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0272-2690

Journal DOI

10.1075/lplp

Annotation

This paper discusses Guatemala's language policy with respect to alphabet reform and changes in ethnic organization and identity among the Mayan and in particular the Quiché population.