Dialects: 70%–75% intelligibility among the 3 Ixil dialects.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 69,000 (1998 SIL).
Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2001–2010.
Typology: VOS, VSO.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Guatemala