Kik'aslemal Ri Kaqchikela': An Advanced Kaqchikel Maya Language Textbook

Contributor(s): Little, Walter E (Author), Maxwell, Judith M (Author), Kawoq (Baldomero Cuma Chávez) (Author), Ixnal (Ambrosia Cuma Chávez) (Author), Yaxche' Chanquin Cuma (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781477333426

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$45.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$57.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$56.75 (100+ copies: $56.00)

List/retail price:

$45.00

Pub Date: July 14, 2026

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Glossary

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 10.90" L x 8.50" W ( 2.29 lbs) 386 pages

BISAC Categories:

Language Study | Indigenous Languages in the Americas

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: An advanced Kaqchikel textbook that blends language learning with Maya culture.

Review Quotes:

Brimming with insights from Maya cosmology and agriculture to Indigenous medicine and handicrafts, Kik'aslemal ri Kaqchikela' offers Kaqchikel Maya language lessons that are grounded in the experiences, expertise, and priorities of Native speakers. If linguistic resilience and perseverance is one of the most outward manifestations of Maya resistance to recurrent assaults against their culture and people dating back more than 500 years, Kik'aslemal ri Kaqchikela' offers a testament to just how powerful and effervescent Maya languages and people continue to be.

--David Carey Jr., Loyola University Maryland, author of Health in the Highlands: Indigenous Healing and Scientific Medicine in Guatemala and Ecuador