Chamula Tzotzil

Tzotzil of Chamula
Batzil k'op
Spoken in	México (Chiapas)
Native speakers	130,000  (1990 census)
Language family	Mayan Cholan-Tzeltalan Tzeltalan Tzotzil of Chamula
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tzc

Chamula Tzotzil or simply Tzotzil is the dialect of the Mayan language Tzotzil which is spoken by the Tzotzil people in southern Mexico, especially in Chiapas in the area around San Juan Chamula, Zinacantan, and other surrounding areas. Other communities where Tzotzil is spoken include Huitiupan, Simojovel, San Juan del Bosque, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Bochil, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, Ocozocoautla, Ixtapa, Jitotol, Teopisca, Amatan, and Ishuatan. The first bible translation into Chamula Tzotzil was completed in 2001. Through the bilingual and bicultural education program, the Secretary of Education SEP created elementary school textbooks in Tzotzil, as an effort to teach Tzotzil to indigenous Maya people in Chiapas.

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Notes

1. ^ Ethnologue, Chamula Tzotzil, retrieved May 25, 2007