Ch'ol language
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| Chol Ch'ol |
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| Spoken in: | Mexico | |
| Region: | North Central Chiapas | |
| Total speakers: | approx. 100,000 | |
| Language family: | Mayan Cholan-Tzeltalan Cholan Chol-Chontal Chol |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | myn | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | either: ctu — Chol, Tumbalá cti — Chol, Tila |
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Ch'ol (or Chol)is a Mayan language used by the Ch'ol ethnic group in the Mexican state of Chiapas. There are two main dialects:
- Ch'ol of Tila spoken by 43,870 people of which 10,000 are monolinguals in the villages of Tila, Vicente Guerrero, Chivalito and Limar in Chiapas.
- Ch'ol of Tumbalá spoken by 90,000 people of which 30,000 are monolinguals in the villages of Tumbalá, Sabanilla, Misijá, Limar, Chivalita and Vicente Guerrero.
The Cholan branch of the mayan languages is considered to be particularly conservative and Ch'ol along with its two closest relatives the Ch'orti' language of Guatemala and Honduras, and the Chontal Maya language of Tabasco are believed to be the modern languages that best reflect their relationship with the Classic Maya language.
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