Tortilla
A tortilla is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour.
Tortillas are a food that most people eat every single day. The tortilla's importance to Guatemalan society cannot be overstated.
Kaqchikel
Jun wäy xa jun lej xax, surusik nimanek yuqb'äl rupam q'or rik'in richin Mesoamérica, pa ruxe'el rub'eyal b'anon rik'in ixim tzakon rik'in chum, y wakami' chuqa' rik'in. ruk'ajil mutz' ixim.
Ri taq wäy ja re' jun rikilal chi konojel. ri winaqi' nikitij ronojel q'ij. Ri wäy janila' k'azinel chupan ri tinamit guatemalteca man janila' ta k'iy.
English
A tortilla is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour.
Tortillas are a food that most people eat every single day. The tortilla's importance to Guatemalan society cannot be overstated.
Español
Una tortilla es un pan plano delgado, circular y sin levadura de Mesoamérica, originalmente hecho de masa de maíz nixtamalizado, y ahora también de harina de trigo.
Las tortillas son un alimento que la mayoría de las personas comen todos los días. La importancia de la tortilla en la sociedad guatemalteca no puede ser exagerada.
Qʼeqchiʼ
Li wa a’an jay, sursu kama li kaxlanwa re Mesoamerica li yiib’anb’il xb’een wa rik’in li chiqb'il ixim, ut anajwan ajwi’ rik’in ke'b'il triiw.
Li wa a’an jun li tzakemq li neke’xwa’ lix k’ihaleb’ li tenamit rajlal kutan. Ink’a’ naru xyeeb’al naq ink'a aajel ru li wa cho’q re li komonil aj Guatemala.
Kʼicheʼ
Jun lej le are' lik'alik, xax xuquje' ketekik, man yujum ta ruk' ch'am, aj Abya Yala', petinaq kanoq kb'an ru k'aj re ixim xa k'ut wachanim ri' xuquje' kb'an ruk' k'aj re triko.
Ri lej are' ri tzuqb'al ri xa jub'iq kraj na chi konojel taq winaq kki tijo ronojel q'ij. Are wa' ri nim ub'antajik chke ri winaqilal re aj Paxil Kayala' ri man ka ch'a' ta rij.