Chontal (from Nahuatl languages: chontalli, 'foreigner') may refer to various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world.
Pre-Conquest Maya region
- Chontal or Putún Maya, a collective name for several groups of Maya during the Late Classic and Postclassic Eras
Mexico
Guerrero
- Chontal of Guerrero (es), an extinct indigenous people in northern Guerrero
Tabasco
- Chontal Maya people, an indigenous people of Tabasco
- Chontal Maya language, spoken by the Chontal Maya people
Oaxaca
- Chontal of Oaxaca, another name for the Tequistlatecan languages
- Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, another name for the Huamelula language
- Highland Oaxaca Chontal, a language spoken by some indigenous people in the state
Nicaragua
- Chontales Department, one of fifteen departments in Nicaragua
- Chontal of Nicaragua (es), the ethnicity for which the department is named after
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.