Ixil people, an indigenous Maya people in El Quiché Department, Guatemala
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Ixil Community, a region encompassing three Ixil villages in the western Guatemalan highlands
The people of the Ixil Community primarily speak the Ixil language.
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In January 1980 a group of K'iche' and Ixil peasant farmers organized a march to Guatemala City to protest the kidnapping and murder of peasants in Uspantán in El Quiché department by elements of the Guatemalan Army.
While most of its indigenous population speaks the K'iche' language, other Mayan languages spoken in the department are Ixil (Nebaj - Chajul - Cotzal area), Uspantek (Uspantán area), Sakapultek (Sacapulas area), as well as Poqomchi' and Q'ekchi in the North-Eastern part bordering with the Alta Verapaz department.