Tzotzil language
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Tzotzil (/ˈ(t)soʊtsɪl/;[2] Batsʼi kʼop [ɓatsʼi kʼopʰ]) is a Maya language spoken by the Indigenous Tzotzil Maya people in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Most speakers are bilingual in Spanish as a second language. In Central Chiapas, some primary schools and a secondary school are taught in Tzotzil.[3] Tzeltal is the most closely related language to Tzotzil and together they form a Tzeltalan sub-branch of the Mayan language family. Tzeltal, Tzotzil and Chʼol are the most widely spoken languages in Chiapas besides Spanish.
Tzotzil | |
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Batsʼi kʼop | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz |
Ethnicity | Tzotzil |
Native speakers | 550,000 (2020 census)[1] |
Mayan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tzo |
Glottolog | tzot1259 |
ELP | Tzotzil |
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There are six dialects of Tzotzil with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility, named after the different regions of Chiapas where they are spoken: Chamula, Zinacantán, San Andrés Larráinzar, Huixtán, Chenalhó, and Venustiano Carranza.[4] Centro de Lengua, Arte y Literatura Indígena (CELALI) suggested in 2002 that the name of the language (and the ethnicity) should be spelled Tsotsil, rather than Tzotzil. Native speakers and writers of the language are picking up the habit of using s instead of z. [citation needed]