Mayan family
Tzotzil
1500 CE – today Living
Tzotzil (1500 CE – today) is a living Mayan language. Lineage: Proto-Mayan → Tzotzil.
See Tzotzil on the interactive map- Speakers
- 550K (550,000)
- ISO 639-3
- tzo
- Glottocode
- tzot1259
Tzeltalan branch, spoken in the Chiapas highlands.
Lineage
- Proto-Mayanc. 2,200 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Tzotzil1500 CE – today
Sister languages 8
Also descended from Proto-Mayan.