Chontal

Chontal (from Nahuatl languages: chontalli, 'foreigner') may refer to various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world.

Pre-Conquest Maya region

  • Chontal or Putún Maya, a collective name for several groups of Maya during the Late Classic and Postclassic Eras

Mexico

Guerrero

  • Chontal of Guerrero (es), an extinct indigenous people in northern Guerrero

Tabasco

  • Chontal Maya people, an indigenous people of Tabasco
  • Chontal Maya language, spoken by the Chontal Maya people

Oaxaca

  • Chontal of Oaxaca, another name for the Tequistlatecan languages
    • Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, another name for the Huamelula language
    • Highland Oaxaca Chontal, a language spoken by some indigenous people in the state

Nicaragua

  • Chontales Department, one of fifteen departments in Nicaragua
  • Chontal of Nicaragua (es), the ethnicity for which the department is named after
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