(self-denomination), also known as Chontal Maya, is a Maya language of the Cholan family spoken in 2020 by around 60,000 Chontal Maya people of the Mexican state... 5 KB (278 words) - 03:13, 17 October 2023 |
The Chontal Maya are a Maya people of the Mexican state of Tabasco. "Chontal", from the Nahuatl word for chontalli, which means "foreigner", has been applied... 10 KB (1,363 words) - 21:34, 4 December 2023 |
 | branch: Ch'ol language, Chontal Maya language, Tzeltal language, Tzotzil language, Qanjobalan–Chujean branch: Chuj language, Tojolabal language, Q'anjob'al... 31 KB (2,446 words) - 09:00, 24 April 2024 |
Chontal language may refer to: in Oaxaca, one of the Tequistlatecan languages in Tabasco, the Chontal Maya language This article includes a list of related... 443 bytes (56 words) - 23:46, 11 May 2022 |
 | Yucatec Maya (/ˈjuːkətɛk ˈmaɪə/; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as maaya t’aan [màːjaʔˈtʼàːn]) is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán... 50 KB (4,640 words) - 20:56, 17 February 2024 |
relatives the Ch'orti' language of Guatemala and Honduras, and the Chontal Maya language of Tabasco are believed to be the modern languages that best reflect... 26 KB (2,335 words) - 06:13, 13 April 2024 |
 | "dialect" and "language" in Mesoamerica. Chontal Maya is not to be confused with the Tequistlatecan languages that are referred to as "Chontal of Oaxaca"... 94 KB (9,280 words) - 19:40, 21 February 2024 |
Chontal (from Nahuatl languages: chontalli, 'foreigner') may refer to various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world. Chontal or Putún Maya, a collective... 1,015 bytes (146 words) - 08:24, 30 October 2023 |
 | Tabasco (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)) surrounding Chontal villages such as Tucta, Mazateupa, Oxiacaque, Tecoluta and Guatacalca, where many customs and the Chontal Maya language are preserved... 82 KB (8,011 words) - 15:40, 20 April 2024 |
Acalan (category Maya civilization) Acalan (Chontal Maya: Tamactun, Nahuatl: Acallan) was a Chontal Maya region in what is now southern Campeche, Mexico. Its capital was Itzamkanac. The people... 1 KB (116 words) - 01:37, 23 April 2024 |
Putún or Chontal Maya is a collective name for several groups of Maya that displaced much of the older leadership of the Maya Lowlands during the Late... 2 KB (152 words) - 18:58, 15 November 2023 |
 | La Malinche (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)) by a group of Chontal Maya who brought her to the town of Potonchán. It was here that Malinche started to learn the Chontal Maya language, and perhaps... 49 KB (5,839 words) - 13:08, 27 March 2024 |
 | in the Toledo District. The Mexican state of Tabasco is home to the Chontal Maya. Tabasco is a Mexican state with a northern coastline fringing the Gulf... 43 KB (5,003 words) - 01:51, 26 April 2024 |
 | la region maya chontal de Laguna de Terminos y la region huaxteca del norte de Veracruz, siglos XVI-XIX", in UNAM, Estudios de Cultura Maya.Vol. 23. Wilkerson... 12 KB (924 words) - 00:35, 9 April 2024 |
Chʼolan languages form a branch of the Mayan family of languages, comprising four languages, namely, Chʼol, Chʼoltiʼ, Chʼortiʼ, and Chontal. Notably... 11 KB (802 words) - 21:55, 13 January 2024 |
Chʼortiʼ language (sometimes also Chorti) is a Mayan language, spoken by the indigenous Maya people who are also known as the Chʼortiʼ or Chʼortiʼ Maya. Chʼortiʼ... 25 KB (2,770 words) - 21:41, 18 February 2024 |
 | Ch’olan, and so ancestor of Ch’ol and Chontal, or (iv) the proto-language of exactly one of the Ch’olan languages, and so ancestor of one such. Kettunen... 10 KB (780 words) - 10:33, 3 December 2023 |
 | Hernán Cortés (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)) followed by a period in captivity with the Maya, before escaping. Aguilar had learned the Chontal Maya language and was able to translate for Cortés. Cortés's... 78 KB (10,017 words) - 15:11, 17 April 2024 |
| • 10,000 Huamelultec (Lowland Oaxaca Chontal) • SE Oaxaca • 1000 Tequistlatec • EXTINCT? Highland Oaxaca Chontal • 3600 Huastecan Huastec • N Veracruz... 49 KB (5,306 words) - 21:44, 27 March 2024 |
 | Yucatán Peninsula (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)) theories claim that it is a derivative of Chontal Tabascan word yokat'an meaning speaker of the Yoko ochoco language, or an incorrect Nahuatl term yokatlan... 25 KB (2,520 words) - 01:55, 23 February 2024 |
 | Chontalpa (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)) the northwest of the state. Although the name refers to the state's Chontal Maya population, modern Chontalpa is a subregion of the Grijalva Region, and... 24 KB (2,978 words) - 21:36, 4 December 2023 |
 | Itza people (redirect from Itza Maya) Spaniards and 600 Chontal Maya on his way to Honduras in 1523 and he celebrated mass with the Kan Ek' of the Itza'. The Itza' were the last Maya kingdom to remain... 10 KB (1,075 words) - 02:12, 23 April 2024 |
 | best known being the Maya script. The Indigenous languages of the Americas had widely varying demographics, from the Quechuan languages, Aymara, Guarani,... 108 KB (6,980 words) - 01:56, 23 April 2024 |
An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its... 35 KB (88 words) - 00:35, 28 March 2024 |
 | The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1968. Eduard Seler, Die Tierbilder der mexikanischen und der Maya-Handschriften... 64 KB (9,578 words) - 19:39, 27 February 2024 |
 | Nacajuca (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)) region in the north center of the state and a major center of Tabasco's Chontal Maya population. Although the local economy is still based on agriculture... 21 KB (2,383 words) - 04:42, 12 December 2023 |
 | Qʼuqʼumatz (category Maya gods) Quetzalcoatl, he combined his attributes with those of the Classic Period Chontal Maya creator god Itzamna and was a two headed serpentine sky monster that... 21 KB (2,552 words) - 08:49, 26 January 2024 |
 | Kukulkan (category Maya deities) Mexico. This influence probably arrived via Putún Maya merchants from the Gulf Coast of Mexico. These Chontal merchants probably actively promoted the feathered... 12 KB (1,351 words) - 03:38, 19 April 2024 |
Huastec people (category Maya peoples) la región maya chontal de Laguna de Términos y la región huaxteca del norte de Veracruz, siglos XVI-XIX", in UNAM, Estudios de Cultura Maya. Vol. 23.... 18 KB (2,326 words) - 02:12, 23 April 2024 |
 | Potonchán, a Chontal Maya town. The Maya prepared for battle but the Spanish horses and firearms quickly decided the outcome. The defeated Chontal Maya lords... 169 KB (21,539 words) - 02:11, 23 April 2024 |