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Ixil, San Juan Cotzal

A language of Guatemala

ISO 639-3: ixl
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	16,000 (1998 SIL).
Region	Municipality of Cotzal, Quiché Department.
Language map	Guatemala, reference number 32
Dialects	70%–75% intelligibility among the 3 Ixil languages.
Classification	Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Mamean, Ixilan
Language use	All ages. Few also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Taught in primary schools. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VOS.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ARNOLD, Dean E.; NEUENSWANDER, Helen L., editors. 1977. Cognitive studies of southern Mesoamerica.

ARNOLD, Dean E.; NEUENSWANDER, Helen L., editors. 1977. Estudios cognitivos del sur de Mesoamérica.

BENDOR-SAMUEL, John T., author. 1968. Review of: Languages of Guatemala, Marvin K. Mayers, editor.

CHAM, Teʼc; ICHʼ, Poʼẍ; TOWNSEND, Paul G., authors. 1980. Ritual rhetoric from Cotzal.

ELLIOTT, Helen; ELLIOTT, Raymond, authors. 1966. "Ixil."

ELLIOTT, Helen; ELLIOTT, Raymond, authors. 1966. "Ixil."

ELLIOTT, Helen; ELLIOTT, Raymond, authors. 1971. "Ixil."  

ELLIOTT, Helen; ELLIOTT, Raymond, authors. 1972. "Ixil."

ELLIOTT, Helen; ELLIOTT, Raymond, authors. 1977. "Alfabeto ixil."

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1960. "Ixil clause structure."  

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1973. "Notas sobre algunas características lingüísticas de idiomas indígenas guatemaltecos."

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1977. "Nebaj Ixil unitary kin terms."

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1977. "Términos de parentesco unitarios de los ixiles de Nebaj."

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1978. "Términos de parentesco unitarios de los ixiles de Nebaj."

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1978. Text analysis, phonological rules and casual speech processes of Nebaj Ixil.

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1984. Sketch of Nebaj Ixil ‘Christian’ lore and some implications for translation.

ELLIOTT, Raymond, author. 1987. "Los cuatro matrimonios entre los ixiles de nebaj."

ELSON, Benjamin F., editor. 1961. Mayan studies 1.  

JEWETT, Dwight; WILLIS, Mark, compilers. 1996. A' u u' uva'a uva' molel ca ink'a kuyolb'al atz tuch' yolb'al castiiya (Diccionario Ixil de Chajul - Español, Español - Ixil de Chajul).

MAYERS, Marvin K., author. 1966. "Linguistic comparisons [between Mayan languages]."

MAYERS, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Languages of Guatemala.

MET T., Laẍ; TOWNSEND, Paul G., authors. 1980. "Ixil text from Cotzal."

SHAW, Mary, editor. 1971. According to our ancestors: Folk texts from Guatemala and Honduras.  

SHAW, Mary, editor. 1972. Según nuestros antepasados: Textos folklóricos de Guatemala y Honduras.

TOWNSEND, Paul G., author. 1985. "Impromptu literacy."

TOWNSEND, Paul G., author. 1986. Noun phrases in Cotzal Ixil.

TOWNSEND, Paul G., author. 1987. Frases nominales en Ixil de Cotzal.

VIELMAN, Julio, translator; MAYERS, Marvin K., editor. 1966. Lenguas de Guatemala.

Vernacular Publications

Aʼ jolol inkʼa naʼyla yole alel ca taʼn inkʼa kʼes: tz'ib'an tetz ink'a yol tu tal u'a pa'p c'a'nay tuch' mal vi'. 1987.

A' jolol ink'a na'yla yole alel ca ta'n ink'a k'es: tz'ib'an tetz ink'a yol tu tal u'a pa'p c'a'nay tuch' mal vi'. 1994.

A' jolol ink'a na'yla yole alel ca ta'n ink'a k'es: tz'ib'an tetz ink'a yol tu tal u'a pa'p c'a'nay tuch' mal vi'. 1994.

Aʼ kʼu tzʼibʼ nixeʼtcuchabʼa tzaʼ. 1986.

Aʼ laʼ kootzaki cam nic tulbʼe inkʼa ixok ibʼanax inkʼa chem: Tzʼibʼan tetz u yol mal viʼ. 1985.

Aʼ laʼ kootzaki cam nic tulbʼe inkʼa ixok ibʼanax inkʼa chem: Tzʼibʼan tetz u yol Mal Viʼ. 1985.

Aʼ u akʼon nituch tiʼ u sajchii tetz u cutenam tzaʼ. 1986.

Aʼ u naʼyla yol tiʼ u maleruusa tuchʼ u meceraava. 1985.

Aʼ unjolol kʼul iyol kʼu cucʼuy cumam tzaʼ. 1981.

A' unjolol k'ul iyol k'u cuc'uy cumam tza'. 1985.

A unjolol qʼu chokich yol nichusuneʼ tzaʼ. 1999.

Aʼ unjolol qʼu chokich yol nichusuneʼ tzaʼ. 2002.

A' unjolol q'u yol atich xo'l q'u kuk'uy kumam tza'. 1995.

Achbʼal: yolbʼal tetz naʼbʼaj. 1999.

Bꞌaxa tẍusbꞌal ibꞌ tiꞌ isicꞌlel uꞌ. 1995.

Bꞌaxa tẍusbꞌal ibꞌ tiꞌ sicꞌlel uꞌ. 1987.

Baxa uʼuj. 1957.

Cam u veeʼ chij uch naʼytzan ni tal ukʼa kʼesla aamaeʼ 1, 2. 1985.

Cat vocsa vib ti k'ab u cubaale' = Entregué mi vida a Nuestra Padre . 1972.

Chʼexpub txumbal otzajib tzʼib otzajib tzii tioẍ: Untxʼajul itzʼin atzic tu u yolbal Tioẍ banonnaj tetz u uʼ tzaʼ. n.d.

Chusbʼalibʼ tiʼ isicʼlel uʼ tu cuyolbʼal. 1986.

Chusbˀalibˀ tiˀ isikˀlel uˀ tu kuyolbˀal (Cartilla de lectura). 1997.

Chusbʼalibʼ tiʼ isikˀlel uˀ tu kuyolbʼal. 2004.

Chusb'alib' tu cuyolb'al, as tu castiiya umpajtej. 1991.

Chusbʼalibʼ tu cuyolbʼal: As tu castiiya umpajtej. 1986.

Chusb'alib' tu kuyolb'al, as tu kastiiya umpajtej = Cartilla del Ixil de Nebaj y Español . 1996.

Chusbʼalibʼ tu kuyolbʼal. 1999.

Cuentos y leyendas. 1973.

Ech ibens txocop unjolol kʼu aanima tzaʼ. 1981.

Ech kʼuʼl iaʼn kʼu kʼetzʼoʼt tzaʼ. 1981.

Ech kʼuʼl nichiaʼnca kʼu txocop tzaʼ. 1981.

Ech micaa k'u tachb'al cuk'ii tza'. n.d.

Ech takʼtu yaʼcʼil kʼu bʼaʼnla chaj echbʼubʼai tu cuchiʼl tzaʼ. 1987.

Ech taq'onin kajay u kuchi'l tza'. 1995.

Ech taq'tu ya'k'il q'u b'a'nla chaj echb'ub'al tu kuchi'l tza'. 1995.

Echen sakilbʼe kibʼ ech yeʼc yaabʼil saʼatin takʼo. 1987.

Echen saqilb'e qib'. 1995.

El alfabeto ixil de San Juan Cotzal. 1982.

Histoorias tetz talaj nitxaʼ. 2002.

I alfabeto cu yolbal. 1957.

Incaparina. 1969.

Kanʼich iveet maʼl pach. 2000.

La kuchus u tzʼibʼ tu kuyolbʼal. 1997.

Lectura inicial en idioma ixil. 1957.

Poesías en idioma ixil de San Juan Cotzal. 1981.

Poesías en idioma ixil de San Juan Cotzal. 1985.

Poesias en idioma ixil de San Juan Cotzal. 1995.

Poesias escolares en idioma Ixil de San Juan Cotzal. 1987.

Qitzʼlebʼal: tu yolbʼal Naʼbʼaj. 1999.

Queʼch ibʼitix u jubʼ tzeʼ. 1987.

Talaj txocop tu cuyolbʼal. 1985.

Talax txocob, I, II. 1959.

Tetz u acʼ yaʼbʼ. 1985.

Tetz u coʼm. 1985.

Tẍocbʼal kupuak oʼ inkʼa aj tenam tẍajuul: Tzʼibʼan tetz u yol u paʼp cʼaʼnay tuchʼ u mal viʼ. 1985.

Tẍocb'al kupuak o' ink'a aj tenam tẍajuul: tz'ib'an tetz u yol u pa'p c'a'nay tuch' u mal vi. 1994.

Tẍusb'alib' ti' isic'lel u' (Cartilla de lectura). 1983.

Tẍusb'alib' ti' isic'lel u' (Cartilla de lectura). 1990.

Tẍusb'alib' ti' isic'lel u' (Cartilla de lectura). 1994.

U kechbubal. 1968.

U patria. 1968.

U uʼ uvaʼa tetz u tzaka oon. 1987.

U viʼxh tukʼ u txʼiʼ: tu yolbʼal Naʼbʼaj. 1999.

U viʼxh tukʼ u tzuy xeʼ u nimla aʼeʼ. 1999.

U xoʼ tukʼ u talaj akʼatx. 2000.

U yol tiʼ u koʼm. 2002.

Ukʼa txo. 1957.

Ukʼa tzʼibʼ tu cuyolbʼal. 1985.

Unjolol kʼu txocop niloch tib tuchʼ kʼu aanima. 1981.

Unjolol qʼu yol atich xoʼl qʼu kukʼuy kuman. 2002.

Uvaʼs ityej caj u ixiʼm s-naʼya. 1986.

Vak'onibal In Me'c Tz'u'n. n.d.

Vunchab'at tz'ib' tu kuyolb'al. 1998.

Xeʼtebʼal chusbʼalibʼ tu cuyolbʼal. 1986.

Xolbʼal uʼuj. 1999.