Tseltal
Lands
The Highlands, north and Selva regions of Chiapas, Mexico, including Tenejapa, Oxchuc, Cancuc and Ocosingo
Countries Mexico
Facts 3
Population
Tseltal ranks third among Mexico's Indigenous languages, spoken by 7.9% of the country's Indigenous language speakers in 2023.
As of 2023 Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Estadísticas a propósito del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (9 de agosto), Comunicado de prensa núm. 472/24 (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Today
K'in Radio, a Chiapas state public station in Ocosingo, broadcasts in Spanish and Tseltal.
As of 2022 Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), with station information from INPI, XEOCH-AM K'in Radio : Radio cultural indígena México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Culture
Tseltal weavers make backstrap loom textiles with traditional Maya motifs such as the rhombus; a single fine huipil takes at least six months of daily work.
Source: Secretaría de Cultura, Sistema de Información Cultural (SIC), Gobierno de México, Tseltales : Pueblos indígenas México : Sistema de Información Cultural-Secretaría de Cultura (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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