Tzeltal

Language Information

Tzeltal is spoken in southern Mexico, in the highlands of Chiapas.
Tzeltal is a Mayan language closely related to Tzotzil, with about 550,000 or more speakers.

Language Family: North American Indian
Subgroup: Mayan

Tzeltal Language Sample

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

Tzeltal, Oxchuc

Spisil winiketik te ya xbejk´ajik ta k´inalil ay jrerechotik, mayuk mach´a chukul ya xbejka, ya jnatik stojol te jpisiltik ay snopibal sok sbijil joltik, ja´ me k´ux ya kaibatik ta jujun tul.

English translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights