Mayan family
Tzeltal
1500 CE – today Living
Tzeltal (1500 CE – today) is a living Mayan language. Lineage: Proto-Mayan → Tzeltal.
See Tzeltal on the interactive map- Speakers
- 600K (600,000)
- ISO 639-3
- tzh
- Glottocode
- tzel1254
Tzeltalan branch, spoken in Chiapas and closely related to Tzotzil.
Lineage
- Proto-Mayanc. 2,200 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Tzeltal1500 CE – today
Sister languages 8
Also descended from Proto-Mayan.