Ka cika wannan magana: Mutane 77,700 ne suke yaren Qʼanjobʼal a sashen Huehuetenango na Guatemala, da kuma wasu ƙananan garuruwa a wasu wurare. Yankin masu magana da harshen Q'anjobalan a Guatemala, saboda manufofin kisan kare dangi a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Guatemala.
Yaƙin basasa da kusancinsa zuwa iyakar Mexico, shine tushen 'yan gudun hijirar da yawa. Don haka yanzu akwai ƙananan Qʼanjobʼal, Jakaltek, da Akatek a wurare daban-daban a Mexico, Amurka (kamar Tuscarawas County, Ohio da Los Angeles, California), kuma, ta hanyar sake komawa bayan yaƙin, wasu sassan Guatemala. Ana magana da Jakaltek (wanda aka fi sani da Poptiʼ) kusan mutane 100,000 a cikin gundumomi da yawa na Huehuetenango. Wani memba na wannan reshe shine Akatek, tare da masu magana sama da 50,000 a San Miguel Acatán da San Rafael La Independencia.