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Tzotzil, Chenalhó

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: tze
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	35,000 (1990 census).
Region	Chiapas, Chenalhó region.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 126
Alternate names	Chenaló
Dialects	San Pedro Chenalhó, San Pablo Chalchihuitan, Santa Catarina Pantelho, San Miguel Mitontic. Partially intelligible with San Andrés Larrainzar Chamula [tzs].
Classification	Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan
Language development	Bible: 1997.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO or VOS; short and long words, affixes; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Weathers, Kenneth and Nadine Weathers. 1949. Diccionario español-tzotzil, tzotzil-español.

Weathers, Nadine. 1947. "Tsotsil phonemes, with special reference to allophones of b."

Weathers, Nadine. 1949. Tzotzil texts and dictionary.

Weathers, Nadine. 1950. "Morphological analysis of a Tzotzil (Mayan) text."