Tzotzil Zinacantan New Testament (TZOZIN)

Overview

The Tzotzil Zinacantan New Testament is a translation of the New Testament into the Zinacantan dialect of Tzotzil, a Mayan language of the Tzeltalan branch spoken in the highlands of Chiapas, southern Mexico [1]. The Zinacantan variant was first published in 1987 by Liga Biblica [2], followed by a second impression in 2006 and an electronic edition in 2009 issued by Wycliffe Bible Translators. Zinacantán is one of six Tzotzil dialect communities in the highlands and has been among the most extensively studied, notably through the decades-long anthropological fieldwork of Evon Z. Vogt of Harvard University, and the comprehensive Tzotzil dictionary compiled by Robert M. Laughlin of the Smithsonian Institution [3]. Tzotzil has approximately 550,000 speakers distributed across six major dialect areas in Chiapas, and separate New Testament translations have been produced for each dialect community due to limited mutual intelligibility [1]. The vernacular title, "Sc'op riox," translates roughly as "God's Word."

Language and People

Tzotzil (ISO 639-3: tzo) is spoken by approximately 488,000 people in Eastern Central Mexico. [Glottolog: tzot1259]

Publishing and Organizations

Created by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Translation type: New.

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