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 canonical 29
Tzotzil Maya 22
Tzotzil language 7

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 (60)

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
Core Mayan → hasLanguage → Tzotzil ⓘ
Tojolabal Maya → closelyRelatedTo → Tzotzil language ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Altamirano, Chiapas → ethnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
San Cristóbal → hasEthnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Chʼol Maya → relatedEthnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Chol Maya communities → relatedGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Lacandon Maya language → closelyRelatedTo → Tzotzil language ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Chenalhó → languageSpoken → Tzotzil ⓘ
Chenalhó → ethnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Huixtán → ethnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Huixtán → languageSpoken → Tzotzil ⓘ
Pantelhó → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Cargo system → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Zinacantán → populationMajority → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Zinacantán → languageSpoken → Tzotzil ⓘ
San Andrés Larráinzar → ethnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
San Andrés Larráinzar → isCulturalCenterFor → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
San Andrés Larráinzar → isPoliticalCenterFor → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil
Los Altos de Chiapas → ethnicGroup → Tzotzil Maya ⓘ
linked to: Tzotzil