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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Chol, Tila

Chol, Tila

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3cti
This ISO 639-3 code has been retired after the publication of Ethnologue, 16th edition. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population  43,900 (2000). 10,000 monolinguals.
Region  Chiapas, Tila, Vicente Guerrero, Chivalito, Limar.
Language map  Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 130
Dialects  86% intelligibility with Sabanilla dialect of Tumbala Chol [ctu], 82% with Tumbalá [ctu].
Classification  Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Cholan, Chol-Chontal
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1976.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Hoopert, Daniel A. and Viola M. Warkentin. 1977. "Tila Chol ‘come’ and ‘go’ and ‘arrive’."

Warkentin, Viola M. and Ruby Scott. 1980. Gramática chʼol.

Warkentin, Viola M. and Ruth M. Brend. 1974. "Chol phonology."