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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

GERÓNIMO LUCIANO, Plácido; KELLER, Kathryn C., authors. 2001. "Textos chontales."

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

HARRIS, Margaret, author. 1947. "Nombres clasificadores chontales."

HARRIS, Margaret, author. Available: 2012; Created: 1948. Pottery Making Chontal Tabasco.  

HARRIS, Margaret, researcher. Available: 2012; Created: 1947. Chontal Use of Corn.  

HARRIS, Margaret; KELLER, Kathryn C., authors. 1946. "Masculine crab and mosquitoes: Two Chontal texts."

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

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

KELLER, Kathryn C., author. 1974. "Additional Chontal classifiers."

KELLER, Kathryn C., author. 1984. Onomatopoeia in Tabasco Chontal.  

KELLER, Kathryn C.; LUCIANO G., Plácido, compilers. 1997. Diccionario chontal de Tabasco.

KELLER, Kathryn C.; SAPORTA, Sol, authors. 1957. "The frequency of consonant clusters in Chontal."

KELLER, Kathryn, author. Available: 2012; Created: 4/1945. Three Chontal Stories.  

KELLER, Kathryn, researcher. 2012. Tabasco Chontal Pedagogical Grammar and Language Lessons.  

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

WATERHOUSE, Viola, researcher. 2012. Oaxaca Chontal: Three Sets of Reflexes.  

Vernacular Publications

a-b-ch jun = Una Comparación de los Alfabetos Castellano y Chontal . 1948.  

Ajtʌkʌlaya ta tsijkak = Ayudante para leer Chontal . 1948.  

Chänen, tziqui yoco tʼan. 1953.  

Cola cä tziqueʼla yoco tʼan. 1953.  

El himno nacional. 1988.  

Umpʼe tʼan u tascabetla ajnajajob tuba no patan tuba xupic sisil yaj. 1957.  

Vocabulario Médico. 2012.  

Yoco t'an [Primera Cartilla en el idioma Chontal de Tabasco]. 1981.  

Yoco t'an [Segunda Cartilla del idioma Chontal de Tabasco]. 1960.  

Yoco t'an. 1991.  

Yoko t'an. 1948.