Tzeltalan languages
E620458
The Tzeltalan languages are a small branch of Mayan languages spoken primarily in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico, including varieties such as Tzeltal, Tzotzil, and Tojolabal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tzeltalan languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Mayan languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| arealFeature | Mesoamerican linguistic traits ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Mesoamerican Linguistic Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Maya peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Mayan > Western Mayan > Tzeltalan ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Tojolabal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tzeltal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzotzil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639FamilyCode | myn ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan ⓘ |
| linguisticClassificationLevel | branch ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| partOf | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Chiapas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Cholan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chiapas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Mayan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
ergative–absolutive alignment
ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ verb-initial basic word order ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities of Chiapas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.