Tzotzil (/ˈ(t)soʊtsɪl/; Batsʼi kʼop [ɓatsʼi kʼopʰ]) is a Maya language spoken by the Indigenous Tzotzil Maya people in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Some...
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word tzotzil originally meant "bat people" or "people of the bat" in the Tzotzil language (from sotz' "bat"). Today the Tzotzil refer to their language as...
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Tzeltal Maya, Tzotzil Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec. According to the Law of Linguistic Rights, Mexico recognizes sixty-two indigenous languages as co-official...
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Tzotzil/Mummers/Tzotzil is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded in Paris on November 13, 1987 with overdubbed poetry recorded in London on November 16...
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The Golden Dream (category Tzotzil-language films)
After crossing the Mexican border by boat, they find another immigrant, a Tzotzil native called Chauk who does not know Spanish but is able to befriend Sara...
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J-ok'el (category 2000s Spanish-language films)
Film Festival in Park City, Utah. J-ok'el means "weeping woman" in Tzotzil language. The budget was $500,000 USD. Music written and conducted by George...
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Chamula (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
feet). It is inhabited by the indigenous Tzotzil Maya people, whose Tzotzil language is one of the Mayan languages. The town enjoys unique autonomous status...
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Johannes (section In other languages)
Russian Juan, in Spanish Yahya, in Turkish Xun, in the Tzotzil language and Tzeltal language Ieuan or Ifan, with the diminutive Ianto, in Welsh, anglicized...
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Neozapatismo (category Articles containing Tzotzil-language text)
agreements and the authority lies with the community.: 30 A practice with Tzotzil origins is a'mtel, which is work that is democratically determined, assigned...
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Mirrors in Mesoamerican culture (category Articles containing Tzotzil-language text)
the eye and mirrors. This association also existed among the Maya, the Tzotzil Maya phrase nen sat is used for the pupil or eye and means literally "mirror...
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