Chontal, Tabasco

CHF

vigorous

Alternate Names: Yocot’an

Dialects: Buena Vista Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco central, Chontal de Tabasco del este, Chontal de Tabasco del norte, Chontal de Tabasco del sureste, Miramar Chontal, Tamulté de las Sábanas Chontal. Dialect speakers understand San Carlos Macuspana 80%–94%.

Genealogy:

Mayan
Yucatecan-Core Mayan
Core Mayan
Cholan-Tzeltalan
Cholan
Chol-Chontal

Demographics: 36,500 (2000 INALI). Chontal de Tabasco central: 14,400, Chontal de Tabasco del este: 13,200, Chontal de Tabasco del sureste: 4980, Chontal de Tabasco del norte: 3890.

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 1977.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico