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Brentwood (NY)oncentrated communities from some Central American nations, especially El Salvador and Guatemala, are in some cases more prominent outside the city, due to distinct patterns of migration and the availability of day labor work in particular areas. Many Salvadorans have settled on Long Island over the last several decades, so much so that the country's government has opened an official consulate in Brentwood in Suffolk County. One small upstate New York town that now has a substantial Guatemalan community is Brewster in Putnam County, with some reportedly tracing their roots to Chiquimula — meaning that the community may include people with knowledge of the Indigenous Mayan language Ch'orti'.