Been working on my Arabic 'alphabet' app but needed a break. So I decided to start up the the Tzotzil resource page. And I need to write a review of Laughlin's book ('Amazing' isn't enough).
My notes ... to be straightened out before I put out as a resource page.
Tzotzil/Tsotsil Resources(wikipedia extract)
Tzotzil (native name: Bats'i k'op) is a Maya language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas. In Central Chiapas, some primary schools and a secondary school are taught in Tzotzil. Tzeltal is the most closely related language to Tzotzil and together they form a Tzeltalan sub-branch of the Mayan language family. Tzeltal, Tzotzil and Ch'ol are the most widely spoken languages in Chiapas.
There are six dialects of Tzotzil with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility, named after the different regions of Chiapas where they are spoken: Chamula, Zinacantán, San Andrés Larráinzar, Huixtán, Chenalhó, and Venustiano Carranza.
Centro de Lengua, Arte y Literatura Indígena (CELALI) suggested in 2002 that the name of the language (and the ethnicity) should be spelled Tsotsil, rather than Tzotzil. Native speakers and writers of the language are picking up the habit of using s instead of z.
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Number of native speakers is about 229000 (a third are monolingual).
Below are a few resources for Tzotzil / Chamula and Ch’ol. Obviously not exhaustive, feel free to reach out to me to ask questions.
links Wikipedia entry -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzotzil_languageOmnilglot entry -
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/tsotsil.htmEthnologue entry -
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tzoOLAC resources in and about the Tzotzil language (really great links) -
http://www.language-archives.org/language/tzoNative language entry -
http://www.native-languages.org/tzotzil.htmEndangered languages entry
ttp://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/8603An On-line Tzotzil Grammar (includes dialogues and recordings) -
http://www.zapata.org/Tzotzil/Survival phrases in Tzotzil -
http://www.globalencounter.net/languages-tzotzil/Glosbe on-line dictionary -
https://glosbe.com/en/tzoTzotzil dictionary (spanish) -
https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapda ... onario.pdfBooksTzotzil Clause Structure by Judith Aissen
"The Mayan Languages- A Comparative Vocabulary” John M Dienhart - electronic version
http://maya.hum.sdu.dk/ (database doesn’t work)
Los elementos del Tzotzil colonial y moderno (in Spanish). García de León, Antonio
Sk'op Sotz'leb: El Tzotzil De San Lorenzo Zinacantan (in Spanish). Haviland, John
The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Laughlin, Robert M. (1975).
The Great Tzotzil dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán: with grammatical analysis and historical commentary. Laughlin, Robert M. (1988).
Chano Bats'i K'op: Aprenda Tsotsil (in Spanish) (["Learn Tzotzil"] Vázquez López, Mariano Reynaldo (2004).
Ivresse et désenvoûtements : Edition français-espagnol-tsotsil trilingual stories
Article: Abrégé de grammaire de la langue Tzotzil avec texts d'aprés le manuscrit du R. P. Don Manuel Hidalgo. Rev. Ling., 19: 170-88
Tzotzil Grammar - Cowan, Marion M.
A Descriptive Grammar of the Tzotzil Language as Spoken in San Bartolome de los Llands, Chiapas, Mexico (dissertation) - Sarles, Harvey B.
Youtube - Tzotzil language -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPImJTkaMfQand as a plus ... Ch’ol - dictionary
http://www.sil.org/mexico/maya/chol-tum ... io-ctu.htm