Chol language
E874405
Chol language is a Mayan language spoken by the Chʼol people of southern Mexico, particularly in and around the Lacandon Jungle region of Chiapas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chol language canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayan language
ⓘ
indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alignment | ergative–absolutive ⓘ |
| ancestor |
Proto-Cholan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chontal of Tabasco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chʼoltiʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chʼortiʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Chʼol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Mayan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | chol1282 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Chol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBibleTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Sabanilla Chol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tila Chol ⓘ Tumbalá Chol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
glottalized consonants
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ status suffixes ⓘ tone-less phonology ⓘ verb-initial syntax ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDescription | comprehensive grammar by linguists such as Coon ⓘ |
| hasOrthography | standardized Latin-based orthography ⓘ |
| includedIn | Mexican indigenous language education programs ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | ctu ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| morphology | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Lacandon Jungle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Usumacinta River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Chʼol people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chiapas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cholan branch ⓘ |
| subgroup | Western Cholan ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| usedIn | bilingual education in Chiapas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.