Editing Tzeltal language (section)

===Minimal pairs===
Kaufman provides the following list of [[minimal pair]]s from "dialects other than that of Aguacatenango,"<ref name="tzeltal.org" /> though recall that, for example, [pʼ] is a [[phoneme]] in some dialects and does not exist in others.

{| class="wikitable"
! /p/≠/pʼ/
| /hpís/ ("one stone") and /hpʼís/ ("I measure)
|-
! /p/≠/b/
| /spók/ ("he washes") and /sbók/ ("his vegetable")
|-
! /pʼ/≠/b/
| /hpʼál/ ("one word") and /hbál/ ("my brother-in-law")
|-
! /b/≠/w/
| /bá/ ("gopher") and /wá/ ("tortilla")
|-
! /t/≠/tʼ/
| /htúl/ ("one man") and /htʼúl/ ("one drop")
|-
! /ts/≠/tsʼ/
| /stsák/ ("he grabs") and /stsʼák/ ("he mends")
|-
! /tʃ/≠/tʃʼ/
| /tʃín/ ("pimple") and /tʃʼín/ ("small")
|-
! /k/≠/kʼ/
| /kúʃ/ ("he woke up") and /kʼùʃ/ ("painful")
|-
! /ts/≠/tʃ/
| /tsám/ ("nice") and /tʃám/ ("he died")
|-
! /s/≠/ʃ/
| /súl/ ("fish-scale") and /ʃul/ ("he arrives")
|-
! /t/≠/ts/
| /tám/ ("it was picked up) /tsám/ ("nice")
|-
! /t/≠/tʃ/
| /tám/ ("it was picked up") and /tʃám/ ("he died")
|-
! /k/≠/tʃ/
| /kól/ ("he escaped") and /tʃól/ ("it was lined up")
|-
! /k/≠/ʔ/
| /sík/ ("cold") and /síʔ/ ("firewood")
|-
! /kʼ/≠/ʔ/
| /hákʼ/ ("I answer") and /háʔ/ ("water")
|-
! /h/≠/ʔ/
| /hám/ ("it opened") and /ʔám/ ("spider")
|-
! /m/≠/n/
| /stám/ ("he picks it up") and /stán/ ("his ashes")
|-
! /l/≠/r/
| /ʃpululét/ ("bubbling") and /ʃpururét/ ("fluttering")
|-
! /i/≠/e/
| /wilél/ ("flying") and /welél/ ("fanning")
|-
! /e/≠/a/
| /htén/ ("one level") and /htán/ ("my ashes")
|-
! /a/≠/o/
| /tán/ ("ashes") and /tón/ ("stone")
|-
! /o/≠/u/
| /kót/ ("my tortilla") and /kút/ ("I say")
|-
! /u/≠/i/
| /yútʃʼ/ ("he drinks") and /yítʃʼ/ ("he takes")
|-
! /w/≠/u/
| /haláw/("agouti") and /snàu/ ("he spins thread") [subminimal]
|-
! /j/≠/i/
| /ʔáj/ ("there is") and /ʔai/ ("particle") [subminimal]
|}