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WHAT ARE ETHNIC GROUPS?

An ethnic group is a human population whose
members identify with each other, usually on
the basis of a presumed common genealogy
or ancestry.
Ethnic groups are also usually united by
common cultural, behavioral, linguistic, or
religious practices.

WHAT ETHNIC GROUPS EXIST?

Etnia Tektiteka
Etnia Ach
Etnia Jakalteca
Etnia Ixil
Etnia Q'anjob"al
Etnia Q'eqch"
Etnia Chalchiteca
Etnia Sakapulteca
Etnia Mopn E Itza,
Etnia Awakateca
Akateca
Mam

Etnia Mam
Etnia K"ich
Etnia Sipakapense
Etnia Uspanteka
Etnia Ch'orti"
Etnia Poqomam
Etnia Tz'utujil
Etnia Poqomch
Etnia Kaqchikel
Etnia Chuj
Ladino

MAM
The Mam are a Native American people in the
western highlands of Guatemala.
Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the
departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and
Quetzaltenango.
Many Mam live in and around the nearby modern
city of Huehuetenango. The city of Quetzaltenango
or Xela was originally Mam.
Religion: Catholic, Evangelical, Maya religion.
Languages: Mam, Spanish

QUICHE
This is the second most spoken laguage in
Guatemala (2 million aprox.)
Tecun Umn is a national hero from this
ethnicity.
Popol Vuh is a famous book wirtten by this
people.

KAQCHIQUELES
More than one million people speak
Kaqchiquel.
The language Kaqchiquel has its origin from
the Quiche language.
The principal economic activities from this
thnicity is artesanal and agricultural.
Atol de masa is a typical food of Kaqchiqueles.

LADINO
Ladino is a socio-cultural category that most
of the Maya area names the non-indigenous
population, formed usually by native Spanish
speaking mestizos. In Guatemala, Ladinos are
a very important part of all the population,
whose origins date back to the initial contact
between Spaniards, Indians and black
Africans.

 Therefore Ladino be distinguished from other

dominant social groups in Guatemala.
However, with the passage of time and the
change in the actors and the relationships
between components of Guatemalan society,
they may have been including other actors in
the spectrum that makes up the Latin. As
some researchers have well recognized,
sometimes the term includes "white" and
"foreigners".