| Tequistlatec | |
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| Chontal | |
| Geographic distribution | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 5,600 (not counting 1,700 speakers of unidentified "Chontal") (2020 census)[1] |
| Linguistic classification | Hokan ?
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | tequ1244 |
 The Tequistlatecan languages are in Mexico at the left of the map. | |
TheTequistlatecan languages, also calledChontal, are three close but distinct languages spoken or once spoken by theChontal people ofOaxaca State, Mexico.
Chontal was spoken by 6,000 or so people in 2020.[1]
The Tequistlatecan languages are:
Although most authors use the formtequistlatec(an) today, this is based on an improper derivation in Nahuatl (the correct derivation fromTequisistlán would beTequisistec(an), and both terms were used bySapir interchangeably).
The Tequistlatecan languages are part of the proposedHokan family, but are often considered to be a distinct family. Campbell and Oltrogge (1980) proposed that the Tequistlatecan languages may be related toJicaquean (seeTolatecan), but this hypothesis has not been generally accepted.
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