Poqomchi' language

Infobox Language
name=Achi
nativename=Achi'
states=Guatemala
region=Baja Verapaz
speakers=approx. 50,000
familycolor=American
fam1=Mayan
fam2=Quichean-Mamean
fam3=Greater Quichean
fam4=Poqom
iso2=myn
lc1=poh|ld1=Western Poqomchí|ll1=Poqomchí
lc2=pob|ld2=Eastern Poqomchí|ll2=Poqomchí

Poqomchí is a Mayan language very closely related to Poqomam. Its two main dialects Eastern Poqomchí [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=poh] and Western Poqomchí [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pob] are spoken by 90,000 people, in Purulhá, Baja Verapaz, and in the following municipalities of Alta Verapaz: Santa Cruz Verapaz, San Cristóbal Verapaz, Tactic,
Tamahú and Tucurú. It is also the predominant language in the municipality of Chicamán (El Quiché), which borders Alta Verapaz. [cite web |title=Demografía |publisher= Municipalidad de Chicamán |url=http://www.inforpressca.com/chicamanq/demografia.php |accessdate= 2008-05-14]

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