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Chontal, Highland Oaxaca

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: chd

Population	3,600 (1990 census).
Region	Southernmost part of Oaxaca, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, San José Chiltepec, San Lucas Ixcatepec, plus 15 towns.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 118
Alternate names	Chontal de la Sierra de Oaxaca, Tequistlatec
Classification	Tequistlatecan
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 60%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1991.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	‘Tequistlateco’ has been used in publications, but true Tequistlateco was spoken in Tequisistlán town, and is now extinct. VS, SV, or VO; medium long words, affixes; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Oltrogge, David F. and Calvin R. Rensch. 1977. Two studies in Middle American comparative linguistics.  

Parrott, Muriel and Viola G. Waterhouse. 1975. "Well-formed narrative in Highland Oaxaca Chontal (Hokan)."

Turner, Paul R. 1966. Highland Chontal grammar.

Turner, Paul R. 1967. "Highland Chontal phonemics."

Turner, Paul R. 1967. "Highland Chontal phrase syntagmemes."

Turner, Paul R. 1968. "Highland Chontal clause syntagmemes."

Turner, Paul R. 1968. "Highland Chontal sentence syntagmemes."

Waterhouse, Viola G. 1976. "Another look at Chontal and Hokan."

Waterhouse, Viola G. 1985. "Counting in Oaxaca Chontal."

Waterhouse, Viola G. and Muriel Parrott. 1970. Diccionario de la Sierra Chontal.

Waterhouse, Viola G. and Muriel Parrott. 1975. "Notes on Highland Oaxaca Chontal (Hokan) nominalization."

Waterhouse, Viola G. and Muriel Parrott. 1978. "Oaxaca Chontal noun inflection and classification."