Chamula Tzotzil
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| Tzotzil of Chamula Batzil k'op |
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| Spoken in: | México (Chiapas) | |
| Total speakers: | 130,000 (1990 Census) | |
| Language family: | American Mayan Cholan-Tzeltalan Tzeltalan Tzotzil of Chamula |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | None | |
| Regulated by: | none | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | tzc | |
| ISO 639-3: | tzc – | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Chamula Tzotzil or simply Chamula is the dialect of the Mayan language Tzotzil which is spoken by the Tzotzil people in southern Mexico, especially in Chiapas in the area around San Juan Chamula. Other communities where Chamula Tzotzil is spoken include Huitiupan, Simojovel, San Juan del Bosque, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Bochil, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, Ocozocoautla, Ixtapa, Jitotol, Teopisca, Amatan, and Ishuatan. The first bible translation into Chamula Tzotzil was completed in 2001. [1]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Ethnologue, Chamula Tzotzil, retrieved May 25, 2007
