Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin farkon mamayar Mutanen Espanya na Guatemala
a cikin 1520s, Qʼeqchiʼ mazauna sun kasance a cikin abin da ke yanzu sassan Alta Verapaz da Baja Verapaz. A cikin ƙarni masu zuwa jerin ƙaurawar ƙasa, sake zama, tsanantawa da ƙaura sun haifar da yaduwar al'ummomin Q'eqchi' zuwa wasu yankuna na Guatemala (Izabal, Petén, El Quiché), kudancin Belize (Gundumar Toledo), da ƙananan lambobi a kudancin Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche). Duk da yake galibi suna nan a arewacin Alta Verapaz da kudancin Petén, masu magana da harshen Q'eqchi' na zamani sune mafi yaduwa a cikin dukkan mutanen Maya a Guatemala.