Tz’utujil, Eastern
A language of Guatemala
ISO 639-3: tzj
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 | 50,000 (1998 SIL), increasing. 17,000 monolinguals. |
| Region | Southern shore of Lake Atitlán, Sololá Department. |
| Language map |
Guatemala, reference number 18 |
| Alternate names | Santiago Atitlán Tzutujil, Tzutuhil, Tzutujil Oriental |
| Dialects | 99% of the people understand and speak Eastern Tz’utujil. |
| Classification | Mayan, Quichean-Mamean, Greater Quichean, Quichean, Tzutujil |
| Language use | Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Also use Spanish. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%. 25% read, 5% write. Taught in primary schools. Radio programs. Grammar. NT: 1992. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists. |
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.
BUTLER, James H.; BUTLER, Judy G., authors. 1971. "Tzutujil."
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BUTLER, James H.; BUTLER, Judy G., authors. 1972. "Tzutujil."
BUTLER, James H.; BUTLER, Judy G., authors. 1977. "Alfabeto tzutujil."
BUTLER, James H.; BUTLER, Judy G., authors. 1977. Tzutujil verbs.
BUTLER, James H.; BUTLER, Judy G., authors. 1990. Verbos Tzutujiles.
BUTLER, James H.; FLEMING, Ilah, authors. 1976. "Tzutujil texts."
BUTLER, James H.; PIKE, Evelyn G., authors. 1979. "Transitivity and voice in Tzutujil clause roots."
SHAW, Mary, editor. 1971. According to our ancestors: Folk texts from Guatemala and Honduras.
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SHAW, Mary, editor. 1972. Según nuestros antepasados: Textos folklóricos de Guatemala y Honduras.
Vernacular Publications
Guía para el uso de la cartilla tzutujil. 1979.
Ja nban tre ja rchomixic chenoj xin ticoʼm. 1970.
Ja re ojer tak winak e aj América. 1970.
Ja rwachʼulew in juleʼ chic planeta. 1970.
Ja yabilal nqueyaʼ ja jan. 1969.
Kotzijon jalal tre América. 1970.
Tasiqʼuij ja chiste pa katzobal. 1969.
Tatijoj awiʼ tre ja geometría. 1970.

