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Tzotzil, San Andrés Larrainzar

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3tzs
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  50,000 (1990 census).
Region  West central Chiapas.
Language map  Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 127
Alternate names   Tzotzil de San Andrés Larrainzar
Classification  Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan
Language development  Dictionary. NT: 1983.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Delgaty, Alfa and Agustín Ruíz Sánchez, compilers. 1978. Diccionario tzotzil de San Andrés, con variaciones dialectales: Tzotzil-español, español-tzotzil.

Delgaty, Alfa. 1961. "Notes on dependent versus independent nouns in Tsotsil."

Delgaty, Colin C. 1961. "Tzotzil verb phrase structure."  Available online

Delgaty, Colin C. 1964. Vocabulario tzotzil de San Andrés, Chiapas.

Elson, Benjamin F., editor. 1961. Mayan studies 1.  Available online

Pike, Kenneth L. 1962. "Dimensions of grammatical constructions."