[3] The Poqomchi' language, belonging to the Mayan family, has a rich linguistic history that spans almost five centuries.
Description efforts began in the second half of the 16th century when Spanish missionaries initiated the first attempts to document the language.
Subsequent linguistic descriptions took place in the second half of the 19th century when European travelers and ethnographers made notable contributions.
However, it was in the 20th century that linguistic description gained further momentum with the involvement of American and European missionaries who dedicated their efforts to understanding and documenting Poqomchi'.
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