Tojolabal Maya

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Tojolabal Maya is a Mayan language spoken primarily by the Tojolabal people in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tojolabal Maya canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mayan language
closelyRelatedTo Tzeltal language
Tzotzil language
linked to: Tzotzil
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Tojolabal
glottocode tojo1241
hasAlternativeName Tojol-abʼal
linked to: Tojolabal

Tojolabal
hasDialects Altamirano Tojolabal
linked to: Altamirano

Las Margaritas Tojolabal
hasGrammaticalFeature ergative–absolutive alignment
head-marking morphology
verb-initial basic word order
hasLanguageAcademy community-based language organizations in Chiapas
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive glottalized consonants
tone absent
hasSpeakerPopulation tens of thousands of speakers
ISO639-3 toj
languageBranch Cholan–Tzeltalan
Tzeltalan
languageFamily Mayan
languageStatus vigorous use in communities
partOf indigenous linguistic heritage of Chiapas
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
region Chiapas Highlands
southern Mexico
spokenBy Tojolabal people
spokenIn Chiapas
Mexico
spokenInMunicipality Altamirano
Comitán de Domínguez
La Independencia
Las Margaritas
Trinitaria
subclassOf Mayan language family
linked to: Mayan languages

Tojolabal language
subjectOf linguistic research on Mayan languages
usedFor local community communication
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
usedInEducation bilingual intercultural education programs in Chiapas
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tojolabal hasAlternativeName Tojolabal Maya
Tzeltal Maya relatedEthnicGroup Tojolabal Maya
Chiapas Highlands ethnicGroup Tojolabal Maya
Altamirano, Chiapas ethnicGroup Tojolabal Maya