Endangered Languages Project - Tzeltal

Tzeltal

^{[aka Tseltal, Tzendal]}

Classification: Mayan

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at risk

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tseltal, Tzendal
CLASSIFICATION		Mayan, Ch'olan-Tseltalan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tzb, tzh
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bachajón Oxchuc Amatenango del Valle Chanal Cancuc Tenango Tenejapa Eastern Tzeltal Highland Tzeltal.
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue distinguishes Bachajón Tzeltal and Oxchuc Tzeltal as separate languages, though most linguists see these only as variants of a single Tzeltal language.

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Information from: “Meso-America” (197-209) . William Adelaar and J. Diego Quesada (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London and New York: Routledge

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
261,084
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
36 percent monolingual

DATE OF INFO: 1990

MORE ON VITALITY

Tzeltal is one of the fastest growing indigenous languages in Mexico.

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central part of Chiapas

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
190,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
215,145 for all varieties (1980)

DATE OF INFO: 1993, 2000

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: East central Chiapas

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Information from: “Glottolog” .