Tzotzil

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
tzo
Alternate Names
San Bartolomé Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil, Tsotsil
Autonym
Bats’i k’op
User Population

550,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Central Chiapas, Venustiano Carranza municipality, Venustiano Carranza, El Puerto, and El Paraiso de Grijalva towns; West central Chiapas, San Juan Chamula, Huitiupan, Simojovel, San Juan del Bosque, San Cristóbal Las Casas, Bochil, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, Ocozocoautla, Ixtapa (Nibak), Jitotol, Teopisca, Amatan, and Ishuatan; Chiapas, Chenalhó and Huixtán regions.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Core Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan, Tzotzil
Dialects

Chamula Tzotzil, Chenalho Tzotzil (San Miguel Mitontic, San Pablo Chalchihuitan, San Pedro Chenalhó, Santa Catarina Pantelho), San Andrés Larrainzar Tzotzil (San Andres Tzotzil), Huixtán Tzotzil (Angel Albino Corzo, Huixtán, La Concordia, Villa Corzo), Zinacantán Tzotzil (Zinacanteco Tzotzil). 66% intelligibility of Chenalhó Tzotzil, 65% of Zinacantán, 57% of Chamula, 56% of Huixtán; Chenalho variety partial intelligibility of San Andrés Larrainzar.

Typology

SVO or VOS; short and long words, affixes; nontonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 1997–2001.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tzotzil
Writing

Latin script [Latn].