Tolatecan is a proposal by Campbell and Oltrogge (1980) linking two language families of Mesoamerica, Tequistlatecan (Chontal of Oaxaca) and Tol/Jicaque languages of Honduras. Later, Campbell (1997) said that Tolatecan is not likely to be a valid language family.Campbell, Lyle (1997). ''American Indian Languages, The Historical Linguistics of Native America''. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Both Tequistlatecan and Tol have been at times also included in the larger Hokan proposal, but without any especial relationship within it.

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Tequistlatecan languages The Tequistlatec languages, also called Chontal, are three close but distinct languages spoken or once spoken by the Oaxaca Chontal people, Chontal people of Oaxaca State, Mexico. Chontal was spoken by 6,000 or so people in 2020. Languages The ...

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