Chʼolan–Tseltalan languages
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The Chʼolan–Tseltalan languages are a subgroup of the Mayan language family spoken primarily in southern Mexico and Guatemala, known for their shared grammatical features and historical importance in deciphering Classic Maya inscriptions.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chʼolan–Tzeltalan | 1 |
| Western Chʼolan | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language subgroup
ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ |
| arealGroup |
Mayan Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mayan Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Western Mayan branch ⓘ |
| hasMemberLanguage |
Choltiʼ (extinct)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chontal Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼol NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼortiʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzeltal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzotzil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Chʼolan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tseltalan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImportance |
decipherment of Classic Maya inscriptions
ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Mayan ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Proposed Macro-Mayan (hypothetical) ⓘ |
| reconstructedAncestor | Proto-Chʼolan–Tseltalan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Campeche
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ Guatemalan Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesFeature |
aspect-based verbal systems
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ head-marking morphology ⓘ verb–initial basic word order ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guatemala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Mayan epigraphy
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Mayan language family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
rich aspectual distinctions ⓘ split ergativity conditioned by aspect ⓘ |
| usedIn | epigraphic studies of Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Western Chʼolan