Chʼolan languages

The Chʼolan languages form a branch of the Mayan family of languages, comprising four languages, namely, Chʼol, Chʼoltiʼ, Chʼortiʼ, and Chontal. Notably, the language of Mayan hieroglyphs is now deemed the ancestor of one or more of the Ch’olan languages.

Chʼolan
Cholan
EthnicityMaya peoples
Geographic
distribution		Belize, Guatemala, Mexico / former
Guatemala, Mexico / now
Native speakers
229,500 (2002–2005)
Linguistic classificationMayan
  • Core Mayan
    • Western Mayan
      • Chʼolan–Tseltalan
        • Chʼolan
Proto-languageProto-Ch’olan
Subdivisions
  • Eastern Chʼolan
  • Western Ch’olan
Glottologchol1286
NotesClassification, subdivisions per Aissen, England & Zavala Maldonado 2017, pp. 44–45. Speakers, distribution per Becquey 2012, paras 1, 14.
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