The Ch’ol people did not always live in southeastern
Mexico. Over 2000 years ago, they lived
in what is now Guatemala and Honduras. Over a long period of time, the group
split in two, dividing into the Ch’ol and Chorti. The ch’ol migrated to their current location,
while the Chorti stayed in Guatemala.
This relationship explains why the two branches have such close language
ties from my previous blog.
Other than that one large-scale
migration, the Ch’ol have stayed relatively in place ever since. I can’t find any records of Ch’ol Maya living
anywhere else in Central or South America. They are content with their
location, as they have some of the most fertile ground in Mexico to grow
agriculture on. They have cultivated the
same land for thousands of years, I wouldn’t want go migrate elsewhere if I
were them, either.
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