Tzotzil

E341783
Mayan language indigenous language language

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tzotzil Maya 7
Tzotzil canonical 6
Tzotzil language 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alignmentType ergative–absolutive ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Tzeltal ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
family Mayan languages ⓘ
surface form: Mayan language family
glottocode tzot1259 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Batsʼi kʼop ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Mayan civilization ⓘ
Tzotzil traditional religion ⓘ
hasDialects Tzotzil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chamula Tzotzil

Chenalhó Tzotzil ⓘ
San Andrés Larráinzar Tzotzil ⓘ
Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil ⓘ
Tzotzil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zinacantán 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 Maya peoples ⓘ
surface form: Mayan
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
primaryRegion Chiapas Highlands ⓘ
surface form: highlands of Chiapas
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 alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (18)

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

Chiapas → containsIndigenousLanguage → Tzotzil ⓘ
Chiapas → containsEthnicGroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
Tzeltalan branch → hasMember → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil language
Tzeltalan branch → hasSubgroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil language
Lacandon → closelyRelatedTo → Tzotzil ⓘ
San Cristóbal de las Casas → hasSignificantPopulationGroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
Maya peoples → hasSubgroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
Zoque → neighboringGroups → Tzotzil ⓘ
Tuxtla Gutiérrez → hasMinorityLanguage → Tzotzil ⓘ
Tzeltal Maya → relatedEthnicGroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
Chiapas Highlands → ethnicGroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
Chiapas Highlands → languageSpoken → Tzotzil ⓘ
Zapatista movement in Chiapas → languageUsed → Tzotzil ⓘ
Zapatista movement in Chiapas → ethnicGroupInvolved → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya
American Indian languages → includeLanguage → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil language
Tzotzil → hasDialects → Tzotzil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chamula Tzotzil
Tzotzil → hasDialects → Tzotzil self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zinacantán Tzotzil
Chol Maya → relatedEthnicGroup → Tzotzil ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzotzil Maya