I asked Tz'utujil Guatemalans to teach me their language

Maya Tz'utujil is the language of the Tz'utujil people in Guatemala. I got the chance to spend 4 weeks learning Tz'utujil at the local academy, but I also asked 30 or so people to teach me a word or phrase in their language. Hopefully you learned some Tz'utujil too!
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💌 about me: my name is Elysse, I'm 22 years old from the southern U.S. I've been learning languages for about 8 years, and I speak English (native), Spanish (C2), German (B2/C1), Portuguese (B2), French (B1/B2), American Sign Language (advanced), and Turkish (A1). I'm interested in learning Hebrew, Chinese, Georgian, and maybe Náhuatl as well :)
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[@chanarosenberg7103]

It's so cool seeing you connect to the people und their way of living by talking to them in their indigenous language.

[@erinbrooksj]

So beautiful to see you connecting with the locals Elysse!! they’re all so beautiful ❤

[@elyssespeaks]

It was a beautiful experience!!

[@cosmokidd]

Que linda dedicación tienes para el aprendizaje de idiomas y culturas, eres increíble elysse💖

[@nicolepacheco9332]

So nice how people are kind to you

[@CrisOnTheInternet]

Genial como se les ilumina el rostro hablando Tz' utujil 😊

[@elyssespeaks]

😭 ❤️

[@littledancingbear6982]

Thank you so much for posting this. it’s a dream of mine to go to guate and learn more Ixil in a similar way that you did here :) I’m so glad that more people care about these beautiful mayan languages!

[@Haitigoodtimes11]

wonderful video! so beautiful to see you honour the local language and share this with all of us to learn at least a few words when we visit the indigenous lands....

[@Gigusx]

You seem to like Guatemala! :)

[@elyssespeaks]

I love it there!!

[@katherineelisabeth4387]

This is so cool! Thanks for sharing with us :)

[@paula_q]

Soy de Guatemala y me encantó ver este video 🥰 es bonito ver cuando los extranjeros hacen el esfuerzo por conectar con nuestra cultura. Técnicamente hay 22 idiomas mayas en Guatemala, todas provienen de la misma raiz (protomaya) y algunas de ellas se parecen en pronunciación pero también hay muchas diferencias en el vocabulario, incluso han adoptado palabras del español por falta de traducciones contemporáneas.
Lastimosamente, el sistema educativo y la mayoría de familias que viven en el área urbana han abandonado el uso de estos idiomas, y la falta de estandarización hacen difícil tener un consenso de la estructura de los idiomas locales. Por eso es incluso más sorprendente ver a personas extranjeras aprendiendo alguno de nuestros idiomas cuando la mayoría de los locales prefieren utilizar el idioma español.

[@johnczech7074]

Very cool! Thanks!

[@elyssespeaks]

thanks for watching 😁

[@user-ml6wo1yr5u]

Thank you for sharing, it was interesting to watch this video !👍

[@roman-alvarado-ea]

Muy bonito video.

[@inkhwon]

I love how you managed to get close w them thanks to your curiosity for their language! Also gotta say the guy at 00:21 is gorgeous 😳

[@calebgiovanni9613]

Happy thanksgiving! / Happy day!

[@elyssespeaks]

Happy holidays! :)

[@shanelstv]

I really love your content! Not many people would travel to a different country just to learn a country’s local language. What you did in this video was very unique!
I would love to ask you more questions on how you reached a C2 level in Spanish. What’s a best way that I could contact you Elysse?

[@elyssespeaks]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the video, it was a fun adventure ~

[@xixiesta7306]

💚💚💚

[@ri3ir371]

I don't know that your gonna see this but can you please do a video about how to learn German for tourist or for basic communications I want to learn German and after I see your videos about learning languages and I'm inspired form these videos and I'm motivated to learn German. greetings from turkey

[@elyssespeaks]

keep the comments related to the video plz 🙏 I have tons of videos on German.

[@teo7681]

you are so cool

[@elyssespeaks]

no you!

[@foreignlanguagesisfun8143]

Now we know Guatemala has indigenous languages .

[@elyssespeaks]

technically speaking Spanish isn’t indigenous, but yes there is so much linguistic diversity in guate!! it’s so beautiful ❤️

[@foreignlanguagesisfun8143]

@@elyssespeaks Who said Spanish was indigenous?

[@Mari-qx8hm]

????

[@xanox23]

@@CrisOnTheInternet it’s never too late to edit your comment

[@staciestudies4177]

many latam countries do

[@sararoseh1]

which local academy did you learn at?

[@joshuanesbit]

Sounds almost like Arabic

[@MyNameIsTlo9]

Their native tongue reminds me of the way Philippino sounds

[@leah2915]

Hi elyless