Also Known As:
Tseltal, Tzendal
Dialects & Varieties
- Bachajón
- Oxchuc
- Amatenango del Valle
- Chanal
- Cancuc
- Tenango
- Tenejapa
- Eastern Tzeltal
- Highland Tzeltal.
Recent Resources
Language, Culture, and Arts
A book of poetry by 26 authors from Mexico (Chiapas), Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala in their Indigenous languages, with self-translations into Spanish.
SITIO DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LENGUAS INDÍGENAS (INALI)
LEY GENERAL DE DERECHOS LINGÜÍSTICOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS
At risk
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
190,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Adelaar, William and J. Diego Quesada. 2007. "Meso-America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 197-209. London and New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
Bibliography of Context:
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)