Chʼoltiʼ language

Chʼoltiʼ
Chʼoltiʼ
Choltí, Cholti’, Cholti
	Portion of a Mayan hieroglyphic text in Palenque / 2004 photograph of stucco wall in Museo del Sitio de Palenque / via Commons
Native to	Belize, Guatemala
Ethnicity	Maya peoples
Extinct	late 18th cent
Language family	Mayan Core Mayan Western Mayan Chʼolan–Tseltalan Ch’olan Eastern Ch’olan Chʼoltiʼ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early form	Classic Mayan / likely
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qjt Chʼoltiʼ
Glottolog	chol1283 Cholti

Chʼoltiʼ is a dead language belonging to the Ch’olan branch of the Mayan family of languages. It was spoken in Belize and Guatemala prior to its extinction in the late eighteenth century. It and its sister language are now deemed likely (or the likeliest) descendants of Classic Mayan, the language represented in Mayan hieroglyphic writing.

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