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    The Tzotzil are an Indigenous Maya people of the central highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. As of 2000, they numbered about 298,000. The municipalities with...
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    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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  • 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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    jaguars and the acquisition of jaguar power have been preserved by the Tzotzil and Chol Maya. This mythological type defines the relationship between...
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    speakers (at least 400,000 speakers) include Yucatec Maya, Tzeltal Maya, Tzotzil Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec. According to the Law of Linguistic Rights, Mexico...
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    Chiapas (section Tzotzils)
    coffee. Tzotzil speakers number just slightly less than theTzeltals at 226,000, although those of the ethnicity are probably higher. Tzotzils are found...
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    followed by Yucatec Maya used daily by nearly 850,000 people. Tzeltal and Tzotzil, two other Mayan languages, are spoken by around half a million people...
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  • Vizarí, Bisári, Bizári or Wisari) is a common Tzotzil surname originating from the Indigenous Tzotzil peoples of Chiapas in Southern Mexico. The "s"...
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    Common names: Tzotzil montane pitviper. Cerrophidion tzotzilorum is a venomous pit viper species which is native to southern Mexico. There are no subspecies...
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    Casas (Spanish: [saŋkɾisˈtoβal de las ˈkasas] ), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel (pronounced [xɤ̞ˈve̞l]), is a town and municipality located...
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