Tolatecan languages

Tolatecan
Tolatecan
(abandoned)
Geographic; distribution	Mesoamerica
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Tequistlatecan (Cholan); Tolan;
Glottolog	None

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. It does not have good support (Campbell 1997).

References[]

Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian Languages, The Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Campbell, Lyle, and David Oltrogge (1980). "Proto-Tol (Jicaque)." International Journal of American Linguistics, 46:205-223

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v t Language families of Mesoamerica
Demonstrated families	Chibchan Jicaquean Lencan Mayan Misumalpan Mixe–Zoque Oto-Manguean Tequistlatecan Totonacan Uto-Aztecan Xincan
Isolates	Cuitlatec Huave Purépecha (Alagüilac?)
Proposed macrofamilies	Hokan Macro-Mayan Macro-Chibchan Penutian Tolatecan Totozoquean
Linguistic areas	Mesoamerican language area

Tolatecan
(abandoned)
Geographic distribution	Mesoamerica
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Tequistlatecan (Cholan) Tolan
Glottolog	None