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ISO 639-3 · tzhtzh
Central American Indian languages family

Tzeltal

Tzeltal is a language of the Chʼolan–Tseltalan branch (Central American Indian languages).

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
tzh
Glottocode
tzel1254
Wikipedia
26 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
—countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameTzeltal
Also calledTzeltal language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Central American Indian languages to Tzeltal

The branches above Tzeltal, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

105Central American Indian languagesfamily30Mayanbranch9Western Mayanbranch4Chʼolan–TseltalanbranchtzhTzeltallanguage
where it is spoken

Distribution map

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Tzeltal is spoken
Map: No machine-readable author provided. Madman2001 assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons