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Chol, Tumbalá

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: ctu
This ISO 639-3 code has undergone change through the merging of one or more retired code elements. For more information, see the code change history documentation.

Population	90,000 (1992). 30,000 monolinguals. 10,000 in Sabanilla.
Region	North central Chiapas, Tumbalá, Sabanilla, Misijá, Limar, Chivalita, Vicente Guerrero.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 133
Alternate names	Ch’ol de Sabanilla
Classification	Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Cholan, Chol-Chontal
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1977–1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO, VOS; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anderson, Arabelle. 1957. "Two Chol texts."

Aulie, Evelyn W. 1949. Chol dictionary.

Aulie, Evelyn W. and H. Wilbur Aulie. 1953. "Términos de parentesco en chol."

Aulie, H. Wilbur and Evelyn W. Aulie, compilers. 1978. Diccionario chʼol-español, español-chʼol.

Aulie, H. Wilbur and Evelyn W. Aulie, compilers. 1998. Diccionario Chʼol de Tumbalá, Chiapas, con variaciones dialectales de Tila y Sabanilla.  

Aulie, H. Wilbur and Evelyn W. Aulie. 1979. Sketch of Chol grammar.

Aulie, H. Wilbur and Evelyn W. de Aulie, compilers;Emily F. Scharfe de Stairs, editor. 2009. Diccionario Ch'ol de Tumbalá, Chiapas, con variaciones dialectales de Tila y Sabanilla.  

Aulie, H. Wilbur. 1957. "Figures of speech in the Chol New Testament."

Aulie, H. Wilbur. 1957. "High-layered numerals in Chol (Mayan)."

Aulie, H. Wilbur. 1961. "Nombres de lugares en chol (maya)."

Aulie, H. Wilbur. 1979. The Christian movement among the Chols of Mexico, with special reference to problems of second generation Christianity.

Beekman, John and Elaine Beekman, compilers. 1953. Vocabulario chol.

Beekman, John. 1950. "The use of preprimer syllable charts in Chol literacy work."

Beekman, John. 1952. "The value of using several translation helpers."

Beekman, John. 1956. "The effect of education in an Indian village."

Beekman, John. 1962. "Translation and cultural background."

Hitchner, Ruth. 1947. "Notas sobre la alimentación e idumentaria de los indios chol de Chiapas, México."

Hitchner, Ruth. 1949. Chol texts.

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

Merrifield, William R. 1968. "Number names in four languages of Mexico."

Warkentin, Viola M. and Arabelle A. Whittaker. 1970. "Tumbalá Chol clause structure."

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

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

Whittaker, Arabelle A. and Viola M. Warkentin. 1965. Chol texts on the supernatural.  

Vernacular Publications

Laj c'oc'lel = Nuestra salud. 1957.

Primera cartilla chʼol. 1952.

Primera cartilla chol. 1953.