Tzeltal

Facts

  • Language: Tzeltal
  • Alternate names: Tseltal, Tzendal
  • Language code: tzb, tzh
  • Language family: Mayan; Ch'olan-Tseltalan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 261,084
  • Vulnerability: risk
  • Script:

More information:

    Ethnologue distinguishes Bachajón Tzeltal and Oxchuc Tzeltal as separate languages, though most linguists see these only as variants of a single Tzeltal language.