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The Cakchiquel of United States

The Cakchiquel of United States, numbering approximately 175,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Maya people of the central highlands of Guatemala. They speak Kaqchikel, a Mayan language, and maintain cultural traditions that blend Maya heritage with Spanish colonial influences and contemporary Guatemalan life. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kaqchikel is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Cakchiquel

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Kaqchikel (cak)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 175,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG049317
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

55%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kaqchikel
Language Family: Mayan

15%
%
Kaqchikel Speakers

Media Resources in Kaqchikel:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Kaqchikel:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Cakchiquel Central - 2003 BSG✓
Cakchiquel Santa Maria de Jesus - 2006 WBT✓✓✓
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.✓✓✓
Cakchiquel South Central - 2007 WBT✓✓✓
Cakchiquel Occidental - 1996 WBT✓✓✓
Cakchiquel Yepocapa - 1990 WBT✓✓

6 entries

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Or check out the Kaqchikel bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cakchiquel are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Cakchiquel:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Cakchiquel of United States

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
readPsalm 57:9

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who will boldly go and share the gospel with people nearby and with those far away.

Cakchiquel Across Countries (ROP3 - 101915) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CakchiquelPG024705CakchiquelGuatemala1,170,000No Longer UnreachedKaqchikelEthnoreligion
CakchiquelPG049317CakchiquelUnited States175,000No Longer UnreachedKaqchikelEthnoreligion

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