Tzʼutujil Maya

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The Tzʼutujil Maya are an Indigenous Maya people of the Guatemalan highlands known for their rich linguistic and cultural traditions, vibrant textiles, and communities around Lake Atitlán.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Tz'utujil Maya 4
Tzʼutujil 3
Tzʼutujil Maya canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Maya people
artForm naïve painting traditions in Lake Atitlán towns
colonialHistory subject to Spanish conquest in 16th century
continent North America
cosmology Maya calendar practices
sacred landscape around Lake Atitlán
veneration of ancestors
country Guatemala
culturalContinuity maintain many pre-Columbian traditions
demographicStatus one of the smaller Maya groups in Guatemala
department Sololá Department NERFINISHED
Suchitepéquez Department NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Guatemala
historicalPeriod Pre-Columbian era
knownFor backstrap loom weaving
distinctive traditional dress
rich oral traditions
traditional music and dance
vibrant textiles
languageBranch Quichean–Mamean languages
languageFamily Mayan languages
languageStatus indigenous language of Guatemala
majorTown San Juan La Laguna
San Lucas Tolimán
San Marcos La Laguna
San Pablo La Laguna
San Pedro La Laguna
Santa María Visitación
Santiago Atitlán
primaryLanguage Tzʼutujil language
region Guatemalan Highlands
linked to: Guatemala Highlands
relatedEthnicGroup Kaqchikel Maya
linked to: Kaqchikel

Kʼicheʼ Maya
religion Evangelical Christianity
Maya religion
Roman Catholicism
ritualSpecialist ajqʼij (daykeeper)
subgroupOf Western Maya
traditionalClothing corte
faja
huipil
tocoyal
traditionalEconomy craft production
fishing
subsistence agriculture
weaving
traditionalTerritory Lake Atitlán region
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Lake Atitlán primaryIndigenousGroups Tzʼutujil Maya
Lake Atitlán hasLanguageSpoken Tzʼutujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Kaqchikel closelyRelatedTo Tzʼutujil language
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Kʼicheʼ closelyRelatedTo Tzʼutujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala promotes Tzʼutujil language
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Sololá Department ethnicGroup Tz’utujil Maya
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Sololá Department localLanguage Tz’utujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Sololá ethnicGroup Tz'utujil Maya
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
San Pedro La Laguna hasIndigenousPeople Tz'utujil Maya
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
San Pedro La Laguna hasLocalLanguage Tz'utujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Jaibalito ethnicGroup Tzʼutujil Maya
Jaibalito localLanguages Tzʼutujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Atitlán watershed region primaryLanguageSpoken Tz’utujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
Santiago Atitlán ethnicGroup Tz'utujil Maya
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
San Juan La Laguna ethnicGroup Tz'utujil Maya
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya
San Juan La Laguna indigenousLanguage Tz'utujil
linked to: Tzʼutujil Maya