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Huamelultec language

Also known as: Lowland Chontal
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Huamelultec, also known as Lowland Chontal, is one of three closely related languages in the Tequistlatecan family, spoken in Mexico. It is currently spoken by fewer than 100 elderly individuals in San Pedro Huamelula and Santiago Astata, coastal towns in the state of Oaxaca. Tequistlatec proper, another language in this family, is no longer spoken, while Highland Chontal has about 3,000 speakers in Oaxaca. The Tequistlatecan languages are sometimes referred to as Oaxaca Chontal, but they are distinct from the Mayan language of Tabasco. The origin of the name "Chontal" comes from the Nahuatl word for "foreigner".1

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  1. Tequistlatecan languages
  2. Huastec
  3. Zapotec
  4. Mixe-Zoquean languages

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