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Chontal, Tabasco

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: chf

Population	38,000 (2000 census).
Region	North central and south Tabasco. 21 towns.
Language map	Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 132
Alternate names	Yocot’an
Dialects	Tamulté de las Sábanas Chontal, Buena Vista Chontal, Miramar Chontal. Dialect speakers understand San Carlos Macuspana 80%–94%.
Classification	Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Cholan, Chol-Chontal
Language development	Dictionary. NT: 1977.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Harris, Margaret. 1946. "An introduction to the Chontal of Tabasco, Méx."

Harris, Margaret. 1947. "Nombres clasificadores chontales."

Keller, Kathryn and Plácido Gerónimo Luciano. 2001. "Textos chontales."

Keller, Kathryn C. 1955. "The Chontal (Mayan) numeral system."

Keller, Kathryn C. 1959. "The phonemes of Chontal (Mayan)."

Keller, Kathryn C. 1974. "Additional Chontal classifiers."

Keller, Kathryn C. 1984. "Onomatopoeia in Tabasco Chontal."  

Keller, Kathryn C. and Margaret Harris. 1946. "Masculine crab and mosquitoes: Two Chontal texts."

Keller, Kathryn C. and Plácido Luciano G., compilers. 1997. Diccionario Chontal de Tabasco.

Keller, Kathryn C. and Sol Saporta. 1957. "The frequency of consonant clusters in Chontal."

Russell, James E. 1947. "Some health problems among the Chontals of Tabasco, Mex."