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Tzotzil, Huixtán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: tzu
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	20,000 (1990 census).
Region	Chiapas, Huixtán region.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 137
Alternate names	Huixteco, Tzotzil de Huixtán
Dialects	Huixtán, Angel Albino Corzo, La Concordia, Villa Corzo.
Classification	Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Tzeltalan
Language development	NT: 1975–1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO, VOS, short words, affixes, nontonal. Sedentary pastoralists; swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Cowan, Marion M. 1960. "The translation of questions into Huixteco."

Cowan, Marion M. 1961. "Huixteco (Maya Tzotzil) place-names."

Cowan, Marion M. 1962. "Huixteco translation problems."

Cowan, Marion M. 1963. "Exclusive-inclusive in Huixteco Matthew."

Cowan, Marion M. 1967. "The devils and the young boys: a Tzotzil myth."

Cowan, Marion M. 1969. Tzotzil grammar.  

Cowan, Marion M. and William R. Merrifield. 1968. "The verb phrase in Huixtec Tzotzil."