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Language: Tzotzil

Population of Groups Speaking

387,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Tzotzil, Chamula	Mexico	184,000	187,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	95.00 %	4.60 %	-1 -
Tzotzil, Chamula	United States	2,600	187,000		Christianity	4 ●	96.00 %	6.00 %	-1 -
Tzotzil, Chenalho	Mexico	53,000	53,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	94.00 %	8.60 %	-1 -
Tzotzil, Huixtan	Mexico	30,000	30,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Tzotzil, San Andres Larrainzar	Mexico	75,000	75,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	97.00 %	2.40 %	-1 -
Tzotzil, Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	5,100	5,100	●	Christianity	3 ●	95.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Tzotzil, Zinacantan	Mexico	38,000	38,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	97.00 %	3.20 %	-1 -
Totals: 7						0 ●			0

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	tzo
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Angel Albino Corzo
Bats’i k’op
Chamula Tzotzil
Chenalho Tzotzil (San Miguel Mitontic)
Huixtán
Huixtán Tzotzil (Angel Albino Corzo)
La Concordia
San Andrés Larrainzar Tzotzil
San Bartolomé Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil
San Miguel Mitontic
San Pablo Chalchihuitan
San Pedro Chenalhó
Santa Catarina Pantelho
Tsotsil
Tzotzil, Chamula
Villa Corzo
Zinacantán Tzotzil

Dialects
Angel Albino Corzo
Chamula
Chamula: Ixtapa
Chamula: Simo Jovel
Chamula: Totolapa
Chenalho
Chenalho Tzotzil
Chenalho: Mitontic
Huixtan
Huixtán Tzotzil
La Concordia
San Andres
San Pablo Chalchihuitan
Santa Catarina Pantelho
Venustiano Carranza
Villa Corzo
Zinacantan

Dialect Alternate Names
ChenalÃ³
Chenalo
Chenaló
Huixteco
Ixtapa
Mitontic
San Andres Larrainzar
San BartolomÃ© Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil
San Bartolome Venustiano Carranza Tzotzil
San Miguel Mitontic
Totiques
Totolapa
Tsotsil
Tzotzil
Tzotzil de HuixtÃ¡n
Tzotzil de Huixtan
Tzotzil De Huixtán
Tzotzil, Chenalho: San Miguel Mitontic
Tzotzil, Huixtan
Tzotzil: Chamula
Tzotzil: Chamula: Ixtapa
Tzotzil: Chamula: Simo Jovel
Tzotzil: Chamula: Totolapa
Tzotzil: Chenalho
Tzotzil: Chenalho: Mitontic
Tzotzil: Huixtan
Tzotzil: Huixteco
Tzotzil: San Andres
Tzotzil: Venustiano Carranza
Tzotzil: Zinacantan
Tzotzil: Zinacanteco
Zinacanteco
Zinacanteco Tzotzil

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1951-1995
New Testament	1975-1995
Complete Bible	1997-2001

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Tzotzil
Film / Video	Luke Video, Genesis Video
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Achʼ Testamento: Jaʼ scʼoplal ti jaʼ Cajcoltavanejtic
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Bible in Tzotzil de Chamula
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Bible in Tzotzil de Chenalhó with Deuterocanon
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Sc'op riox: ja' li' yaloj ti chac' jcuxlejaltic ta sb
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible Text (Scripture Earth)

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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