Tequistlatecan Family

Oaxaca Chontal

The Tequistlatecan family currently consists of two languages that have been called Oaxacan Chontal (chontal de Oaxaca). Highland Oaxacan Chontal has some dialectical variation. Speakers of Lowland Oaxacan Chontal (also called Huamelulteca) are very bilingual (in Spanish) and the native language is in danger of extinction. The Summer Institute of Linguistics has concluded its work in this language family.

Specific varieties of languages in the Tequistlatecan Family

Name	Ethnologue entries
Highland Oaxaca Chontal	chd
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal	clo

Publications by members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics

technical and comparative articles
primers
books of traditional stories
doctoral dissertations (general descriptions)
dictionary, vocabulary
New Testament
contribution to the Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México

For more information

Confusion about the name “Chontal”
Some have proposed that the Tequistlatecan family be included in the Hokan stock.
Short biography of Viola Waterhouse
Population statistics by language family
Ethnologue listing (Tequistlatecan family)

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