Tabasco Chontal
Tabasco Chontal is a Mayan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Chontal Maya, known to native speakers as Yokotʼan, is a Maya language of the Cholan family spoken in 2020 by around 60,000 Chontal Maya people of the Mexican state of Tabasco. According to the National Catalog of Indigenous Languages of Mexico-INALI, Yokotʼan has at least four dialects: Nacajuca (Central), Centla (Northern), Macuspana (Southern) and Tamulte (Eastern).
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Words in Tabasco Chontal
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | winik* | |
| name | kaba7* | |
| eye | hut* | |
| ear | Cikin* | |
| nose | ni7* | |
| tooth | eh* | |
| tongue | ak* | |
| hand | k3b* | |
| blood | CiC* | |
| bone | bak* | |
| skin | p3Ci* | |
| knee | piS* | |
| breast | Cu7* | |
| liver | yolma* | |
| water | jaꞌ | |
| fire | kak* | |
| sun | kin* | |
| star | iSek* | |
| stone | hitun* | |
| mountain | cik* | |
| tree | te7* | |
| leaf | uyopo* | |
| night | ak3b* | |
| dog | wiCu7* | |
| fish | buC* | |
| louse | uC* | |
| one | un* | |
| two | Ca7* | |
| you | ane* | |
| we | no7onla* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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