Tolatecan languages

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

Language families of Mesoamerica

Demonstrated families	Chibchan Jicaquean Lencan Mayan Misumalpan Oto-Manguean Tequistlatecan Totozoquean (Mixe–Zoque, Totonacan) Uto-Aztecan Xincan

Isolates	Cuitlatec Huave P'urhépecha (Alagüilac?)

Proposed macrofamilies	Hokan Macro-Mayan Macro-Chibchan Penutian Tolatecan

Linguistic areas	Mesoamerican Linguistic Area