• (self-denomination), also known as Chontal Maya, is a Maya language of the Cholan family spoken in 2020 by around 60,000 Chontal Maya people of the Mexican state...
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  • The Chontal Maya are a Maya people of the Mexican state of Tabasco. "Chontal", from the Nahuatl word for chontalli, which means "foreigner", has been applied...
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  • Chontal language may refer to: in Oaxaca, one of the Tequistlatecan languages in Tabasco, the Chontal Maya language This article includes a list of related...
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    branch: Ch'ol language, Chontal Maya language, Tzeltal language, Tzotzil language, Qanjobalan–Chujean branch: Chuj language, Tojolabal language, Q'anjob'al...
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    "dialect" and "language" in Mesoamerica. Chontal Maya is not to be confused with the Tequistlatecan languages that are referred to as "Chontal of Oaxaca"...
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    Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as maaya t’aan [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn]) is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán...
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  • relatives the Ch'orti' language of Guatemala and Honduras, and the Chontal Maya language of Tabasco are believed to be the modern languages that best reflect...
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  • Chontal (from Nahuatl languages: chontalli, 'foreigner') may refer to various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world. Chontal or Putún Maya, a collective...
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  • Acalan (category Maya civilization)
    Acalan (Chontal Maya: Tamactun, Nahuatl: Acallan) was a Chontal Maya region in what is now southern Campeche, Mexico. Its capital was Itzamkanac. The people...
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    Tabasco (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    surrounding Chontal villages such as Tucta, Mazateupa, Oxiacaque, Tecoluta and Guatacalca, where many customs and the Chontal Maya language are preserved...
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