Tz'utujil
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Tzutujil, Tzutuhil, Sutujil
Zutugil, Zutuhil (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish, from Tz'utujil, from tz'utuj (“cornfield flower”) + -il (a suffix that indicates abstraction). Literally it means “beautiful cornfield flower”.
=== Noun ===
Tz'utujil (plural Tz'utujils or Tz'utujil)
A member of a Native American people, one of the 21 Maya ethnic groups that dwell in Guatemala, primarily around Lake Atitlan.
=== Proper noun ===
Tz'utujil
The language of the Tz'utujil people.
=== Further reading ===
ISO 639-3 code tzj (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Eastern Tz’utujil, tzj
Ethnologue entry for Western Tz’utujil, tzt
Comunidad Lingüística Tz'utujil on the Academia de Lenguas mayas de Guatemala site