The Ch'orti' people (alternatively, Ch'orti' Maya or Chorti) are one of the indigenous Maya peoples, who primarily reside in communities and towns of souteastern Guatemala and west-northern Honduras. Their indigenous language is also known as Ch'orti', and is in fluent use as a first language by approximately 15,000 people, although the majority of present-day Ch'orti' speakers are bilingual in Spanish as well. A Hupa man. ... This article is about the people of the former Maya civilization after the conquest by Spain. ... Genealogy Areal Uto-Aztecan —5000 BP* Soshonean (N Uto-Aztecan) —3500 BP Numic (Plateau group) —2000 BP C Plateau Soshoni [SHH] Comanche [COM] Paramint [PAR] S Plateau Ute-Chemehuevi (S Paiute) [UTE] Kawaiisu [KAW] W Plateau Mono [MON] Paiute (Northern Paiute) [PAO] Takic ( Southern Californian) —2400... The Chorti language (Chorti) is a Mayan language. ... The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ...