Chol

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Lakty’añ

255,000 (2020 INEGI). 40,000 monolinguals.

Chiapas state: Chivalito, Limar, Tila, and Vicente Guerrero.

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5 (Developing).

Ch’ol de Sabanilla, Chol de Tila (Ch’ol del Noroeste), Chol de Tumbalá (Ch’ol del Sureste).

SVO, VOS; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

All domains. Used by all. Used as L2 by Lacandon [lac], Tzeltal [tzh].

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 1977–2009.

Latin script [Latn].

Christian, traditional religion.