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Tzotzil, Chamula

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: tzc
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	130,000 (1990 census). All Tzotzil languages: 265,000 (1990 census).
Region	West central Chiapas, San Juan Chamula, Huitiupan, Simojovel, San Juan del Bosque, San Cristóbal Las Casas, Bochil, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, Ocozocoautla, Ixtapa (Nibak), Jitotol, Teopisca, Amatan, Ishuatan.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 125
Alternate names	Chamula
Classification	Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan
Language development	Bible: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Jacobs, Kenneth and Robert E. Longacre. 1967. "Patterns and rules in Tzotzil grammar."