Chontal

Chontal, from the Nahuatl word chontalli, which means "foreigner", has been applied to various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world.

Pre-Conquest Maya region

Chontal or Putún Maya: Warrior merchants who dominated trade in the Terminal Classic.

Mexico

Tabasco

• Chontal Maya people (endonym Yokot'anob or the Yokot'an; xenonym: Chontal of Centla, the Tabasco Chontal, or in Spanish, Chontales.)
• Chontal Maya language (Yoko ochoco)

Oaxaca

• Oaxaca Chontal people and their Tequistlatecan languages

Nicaragua

• There was a group referred to by Nahua-speaking peoples as the Chontal, hence the name of Chontales Department