Ethnicity Oaxaca Chontal Glottolog tequ1244 | Geographic
distribution Oaxaca | |
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Linguistic classification Hokan ?
Tequistlatecan Subdivisions Highland Chontal
Coastal Chontal | ||
The Tequistlatecan languages, also called Chontal of Oaxaca, are three close but distinct languages spoken or once spoken by the Chontal people of Oaxaca State, Mexico:
They were spoken by 4,400 people in 2010.
The Tequistlatecan languages are part the proposed Hokan family, but are often considered to be distinct family. Campbell and Oltrogge (1980) proposed that the Tequistlatecan languages may be related to Jicaquean (see Tolatecan), but this hypothesis has not been generally accepted.
References
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