Ch’orti’

CAA

developing

Genealogy:

Mayan
Yucatecan-Core Mayan
Core Mayan
Cholan-Tzeltalan
Cholan
Chorti-Cholti

Demographics: 30,000 in Guatemala (2000 J. Lubeck). Population total all countries: 30,010.

Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1997–2012.

Typology: VOS.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Guatemala

Other Comments: Not the same as the extinct language called Choltí, formerly spoken in the Quiriguá and Izabal area. Nearly extinct in Honduras.