Ixil language

Ixil
Pronunciation	[iʂil]
Native to	Guatemala, Mexico
Region	Quiché Department Campeche, Quintana Roo
Ethnicity	133,329 Ixil (2019 census)
Native speakers	120,000 (2019 census)[1]
Language family	Mayan Eastern Mayan Greater Mamean Ixilan Ixil
Dialects	Chajuleño and Nebajeño
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Mexico  Guatemala
Regulated by	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ixl
Glottolog	ixil1251
ELP	Ixil

Ixil (Ixhil) is a Mayan language spoken in Mexico and Guatemala.^[2] It is the primary language of the Ixil people, which mainly comprises the three towns of San Juan Cotzal, Santa Maria Nebaj, and San Gaspar Chajul in the Guatemalan highlands and numerous towns in the states of Campeche and Quintana Roo in southeast México.^[3] There is also an Ixil speaking migrant population in Guatemala City, Mexico City and the United States. Although there are slight differences in vocabulary in the dialects spoken by people in the three main guatemalan Ixil towns, they are all mutually intelligible and should be considered dialects of a single language. According to historical linguistic studies Ixil emerged as a separate language sometime around the year 500AD.