Tequistlatecan languages

Tequistlatec
Chontal
Geographic
distribution
Oaxaca
Native speakers
5,600 (not counting 1,700 speakers of unidentified "Chontal") (2020 census)[1]
Linguistic classificationHokan ?
  • Tequistlatec
Subdivisions
  • Highland Chontal
  • Coastal Chontal
Language codes
Glottologtequ1244
The Tequistlatecan languages are in Mexico at the left of the map.

The Tequistlatec languages, also called Chontal, are three close but distinct languages spoken or once spoken by the Chontal people of Oaxaca State, Mexico.

Chontal was spoken by 6,000 or so people in 2020.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.