Cholan languages
E1037975
Cholan languages are a branch of the Mayan language family spoken historically and presently in parts of southern Mexico and Central America, including by the Chol people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cholan languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Mayan languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Mesoamerican languages ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Chol people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chontal people of Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼortiʼ people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Cholan–Tzeltalan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | lowland Maya area ⓘ |
| glottologClassification | Cholan branch of Mayan ⓘ |
| hasReconstructedAncestor |
Proto-Cholan
GENERATED
ⓘ
Proto-Cholan–Tzeltalan GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Eastern Cholan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Cholan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | language of Classic Maya civilization ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenIn |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Chol language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Choltiʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chontal of Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼortiʼ language ⓘ Classic Cholan NERFINISHED ⓘ Classic Maya language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOClassification | part of ISO 639-3 Chol, Chʼortiʼ, Chontal codes ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ |
| partOf | Mayan language family ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevance | key to decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
some languages endangered
ⓘ
some languages extinct ⓘ some languages still spoken ⓘ |
| studiedInField | Mayan linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | at least 2000 years ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedIn | Classic Maya inscriptions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wordOrder |
verb–object–subject
ⓘ
verb–subject–object ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Maya script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.