Yaren Tzeltal

Tzeltal ko Tseltal (/ˈ (t) sɛltɑːl/) ^[2] yare ne na Mayan da ake magana a jihar Chiapas ta Mexico, galibi a cikin kananan hukumomin Ocosingo, Altamirano, Huixtán, Tenejapa, Yajalón, Chanal, Sitalá, Amatenango del Valle, Socoltenango, Las Rosas, Chilón, San Juan Cancuc, San Cristóbal de las Casas da Oxchuc . Tzeltal yana daya daga cikin Harsunan Maya da yawa da ake magana a kusa da wannan yankin gabashin Chiapas, gami da Tzotzil, Chʼol, da Tojolabʼal, da sauransu. ila yau, akwai ƙananan Tzeltal a wasu sassan Mexico da Amurka, da farko sakamakon yanayin tattalin arziki mara kyau a Chiapas.

Yankin da ake magana da Tzeltal za a iya raba shi zuwa rabi ta hanyar layin arewa maso kudu; zuwa yamma, kusa da Oxchuc, shine gidan kakannin Mutanen Tzeltal, wanda ya riga ya wuce mulkin mallaka na Mutanen Espanya, yayin da ɓangaren gabas ya zauna da farko a rabi na biyu na karni na ashirin. wani bangare a sakamakon wadannan ƙaura, lokacin da Mutanen Tzeltal da sauran kungiyoyin al'adu suka sami juna a kusa, an bayyana yare daban-daban guda huɗu na Tzeltel: arewa, tsakiya (ciki har da Oxchuc), kudu, da kudu maso gabas, kodayake yaren kudu maso gabar a yau ana magana da shi ne kawai ta 'yan tsofaffi da masu magana da suka warwatse a cikin ƙasa. Harshen mai rai tare da wasu masu magana 371,730 tun daga shekara ta 2005, gami da kusan 50,000 monolinguals.

1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yaren Tzeltal". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
2. ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh