Tzotzil

E341783

Tzotzil is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Tzotzil people in the highlands of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tzotzil Maya 7
Tzotzil canonical 6
Tzotzil language 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
indigenous language
language
alignmentType ergative–absolutive
closelyRelatedTo Tzeltal
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages
glottocode tzot1259
hasAlternativeName Batsʼi kʼop
hasCulturalAssociation Mayan civilization
Tzotzil traditional religion
hasDialects Chamula Tzotzil
linked to: Tzotzil

Chenalhó Tzotzil
San Andrés Larráinzar Tzotzil
Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil
Zinacantán Tzotzil
linked to: Tzotzil
hasLiteraryTradition oral tradition
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish
hasPhonologicalFeature glottalized consonants
tone or pitch contrasts in some dialects
hasScriptUsage Latin-based orthographies standardized in Mexico
hasWordOrder VOS
VSO
iso639-3 tzo
languageBranch Western Mayan
languageFamily Mayan
linked to: Maya peoples
morphologicalType agglutinative
primaryRegion highlands of Chiapas
linked to: Chiapas Highlands
recognizedAs national indigenous language of Mexico
region southern Mexico
regulatedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
spokenBy Tzotzil people
spokenIn Chiapas
Mexico
spokenInMunicipality Chenalhó
Huixtán
San Andrés Larráinzar
San Juan Chamula
Venustiano Carranza
Zinacantán
subfamily Tzeltalan branch
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional rituals
usedIn bilingual education programs in Chiapas
local community media in Chiapas
radio broadcasts in Chiapas
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chiapas containsEthnicGroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
Tzeltalan branch hasMember Tzotzil language
linked to: Tzotzil
Tzeltalan branch hasSubgroup Tzotzil language
linked to: Tzotzil
Lacandon closelyRelatedTo Tzotzil
San Cristóbal de las Casas hasSignificantPopulationGroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
Maya peoples hasSubgroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
Zoque neighboringGroups Tzotzil
Tzeltal Maya relatedEthnicGroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
Chiapas Highlands ethnicGroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
Zapatista movement in Chiapas ethnicGroupInvolved Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil
American Indian languages includeLanguage Tzotzil language
linked to: Tzotzil
Tzotzil hasDialects Chamula Tzotzil
linked to: Tzotzil
Tzotzil hasDialects Zinacantán Tzotzil
linked to: Tzotzil
Chol Maya relatedEthnicGroup Tzotzil Maya
linked to: Tzotzil