Ch'olti' language
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The Ch'olti' language is an extinct
Mayan language which was spoken in the Manche region of eastern Guatemala
. It is only known from a single manuscript written between 1685 and 1695 which was first studied by Daniel Garrison Brinton
. Ch'olti' belongs to the Cho'lan branch of the Mayan languages and is closely related to Chontal
and especially Ch'orti'
. The Ch'olti' language has become of particular interest for the study of Mayan Hieroglyphs
since it seems that most of the glyphic texts are written in an ancient variety of Ch'olti' called Classic Ch'olti'an by epigraphers. and which is thought to have been spoken as a prestige dialect throughout the Maya area in the classic period
Language death
In linguistics, language death is a process that affects speech communities where the level of linguistic competence that speakers possess of a given language variety is decreased, eventually resulting in no native and/or fluent speakers of the variety...
Mayan language which was spoken in the Manche region of eastern Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. It is only known from a single manuscript written between 1685 and 1695 which was first studied by Daniel Garrison Brinton
Daniel Garrison Brinton
Daniel Garrison Brinton was an American archaeologist and ethnologist.-Biography:Brinton was born in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Yale University in 1858, Brinton studied at Jefferson Medical College for two years and spent the next travelling in Europe....
. Ch'olti' belongs to the Cho'lan branch of the Mayan languages and is closely related to Chontal
Chontal Maya language
Yoko ochoco, also known as Chontal Maya, and Acalan, is a Maya language of the Cholan family spoken by the Chontal Maya people of the Mexican state of Tabasco. There are at least three dialects, identified as Tamulté de las Sábanas Chontal, Buena Vista Chontal, and Miramar...
and especially Ch'orti'
Ch'orti' language
The Ch'orti' language is a Mayan language, spoken by the indigenous Maya people who are also known as the Ch'orti' or Ch'orti' Maya. Ch'orti' is a direct descendant of the Classic Maya language in which many of the pre-Columbian inscriptions using the Maya script were written...
. The Ch'olti' language has become of particular interest for the study of Mayan Hieroglyphs
Maya script
The Maya script, also known as Maya glyphs or Maya hieroglyphs, is the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica, presently the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered...
since it seems that most of the glyphic texts are written in an ancient variety of Ch'olti' called Classic Ch'olti'an by epigraphers. and which is thought to have been spoken as a prestige dialect throughout the Maya area in the classic period