Tojol-ab'al is spoken, principally in the departments of the Chiapanecan Colonia of Las Margaritas, by about 70,000 people.

Anthropologist Carlos Lenkersdorf has claimed several linguistic and cultural features of the Tojolabal, primarily the language's ergativity, show that they do not give cognitive weight to the distinctions subject/object, active/passive.

[2] Tojol-abʼal-language programming is carried by the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples radio station XEVFS, broadcasting from Las Margaritas.

According to the Writing Standard, the alphabet in Tojol-ab’al is officially known as Tsome sat ts'ijb'anel (sign set), it's is integrated by 28 letters, 23 consonants and 5 vowels,[5] the order and their denomination in Tojol-ab’al are the following: (Majuscule) (Minuscule) (Name) [6][7] All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.