Chontal, Tabasco | Ethnologue

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: chf
Alternate Names: Chontal Maya, Chontal de Tabasco
Autonym: Yocot’an
Population: 60,600 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Tabasco state: 21 towns north-central and south.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Mayan, Yucatecan-Core Mayan, Core Mayan, Cholan-Tzeltalan, Cholan, Chol-Chontal
Dialects: Tamulté de las Sábanas Chontal, Buena Vista Chontal, Miramar Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco central, Chontal de Tabasco del Este, Chontal de Tabasco del Norte, Chontal de Tabasco del Sureste.
Language Use: Used by all.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1977.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Chontal, Tabasco
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Tabasco state: 21 towns north-central and south.