Chol de Tila Bible (CTUCTI)

Overview

The Chol de Tila Bible contains the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament in the Tila (western) dialect of Ch’ol, a Mayan language of Chiapas, Mexico. Published in 2008 by La Liga Biblica with text translated by Wycliffe Bible Translators, this edition updates an earlier 1979 publication of the Tila Ch’ol New Testament. ^[1] The Tila dialect is spoken primarily in the municipalities of Tila, Vicente Guerrero, Chivalito, and Limar in Chiapas, by approximately 44,000 speakers. ^[2] Ch’ol belongs to the Cholan branch of the Mayan language family and is closely related to the ancient Ch’olti’an language believed to underlie Classic Maya inscriptions. The Tila and Tumbala dialects of Ch’ol maintain a high degree of mutual intelligibility, though each has its own Bible translation tradition. ^[2]

Language and People

Chol (ISO 639-3: ctu) is spoken by approximately 252,000 people in Eastern Central Mexico. [Glottolog: chol1282]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible League International.

References

• [1] Simple HTML Bibles - Chol Tila - ebible.org. Copyright and licensing details for the Chol de Tila 2008 edition.
• [2] Ch’ol, Tumbala in Mexico - Joshua Project. People group profile with dialect and geographic information.
• Simple HTML Bibles - Online text, ebible.org
• Chol Tila (2008) New Testament - Historical archive, La Liga Biblica
• Chol Tumbala (2010) New Testament - Historical archive, Wycliffe-La Liga Biblica
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for CTUCTI.
• GBC: Mark (Tila, 1966) - Global Bible Catalogue. Chol de Tila Mark, BS Mexico.
• GBC: Chol de Tumbalá Bible - Global Bible Catalogue. Complete Chol Bible.
• bible.com - YouVersion.