Chol

CTU

developing

Dialects: Ch’ol de Sabanilla, Chol de Tila (Ch’ol del noroeste), Chol de Tumbalá (Ch’ol del sureste).

Genealogy:

Mayan
Yucatecan-Core Mayan
Core Mayan
Cholan-Tzeltalan
Cholan
Chol-Chontal
Chol

Demographics: 145,000 (2000 INALI). 10,000 in Sabanilla. 40,000 monolinguals.

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Used as L2 by Lacandon [lac], Tzeltal [tzh].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1977–2009.

Typology: SVO, VOS; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.