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{{Short description|Proposed language family}}
{{Infobox language family
  |name=Tolatecan
  |acceptance=abandoned
  |region=[[Mesoamerican languages|Mesoamerica]]
  |familycolor=American
  |family   = Proposed language family
  |child1=[[Tequistlatecan languages|Tequistlatecan]] (Chontal)
  |child2=[[Tolan languages|Tolan]]
  |glotto=none
  |map= Tolatecan Languages.png
  |mapcaption= 
}}

'''Tolatecan''' is a proposal by Campbell and Oltrogge (1980) linking two language families of Mesoamerica, [[Tequistlatecan languages|Tequistlatecan]] (Chontal of Oaxaca) and [[Tolan languages|Tol/Jicaque languages]] of Honduras.<ref>Campbell, Lyle, and David Oltrogge (1980). "Proto-Tol (Jicaque)." ''International Journal of American Linguistics'', 46:205-223.</ref> Later, Campbell (1997) said that Tolatecan is not likely to be a valid language family.<ref>Campbell, Lyle (1997). ''American Indian Languages, The Historical Linguistics of Native America''. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref>

==Vocabulary==
Below is a comparison of selected basic vocabulary items in [[Proto-Jicaque]] and the [[Tequistlatecan languages]].

:{| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! [[Proto-Jicaque]]<ref>Campbell, Lyle and David Oltrogge. 1980. Proto-Tol (Jicaque). ''International Journal of American Linguistics'' 46: 205-223.</ref> !! [[Huamelultec language|Huamelultec]]<ref>O'Connor, Loretta. 2014. ''[https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/sites/default/files/banco_imagenes/chontal-de-san-pedro-huamelula.pdf Chontal de San Pedro Huamelula, Sierra baja de Oaxaca]''. (Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México, 33.) México: El Colegio de México.</ref> !! [[Highland Oaxaca Chontal|Highland Chontal]]<ref>Waterhouse, Viola. 1980. ''Chontal de la Sierra de Oaxaca''. Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México, 7. México: Ciudad de México: Centro de Investigación para la Integración Social. </ref> !! [[Tequistlatec language|Tequistlatec]]<ref>de Angulo, Jaime and Lucy S. Freeland. 1925. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/40444929 The Chontal Language (Dialect of Tequixistlan)]. ''Anthropos'' 20: 1032-1052.</ref>
|-
! head
| *ha(y)pʰuk || hwaj || ƚiWak || fa
|-
! hair
| *¢ʼil || hwak’ || ƚaWak || fah
|-
! eye
|  || a’u || ƚiʔi || ’uh
|-
! ear
| *pʰa¢ʼ || as’mas || lišʔmas || 
|-
! nose
| *mik || ’nał || ƚiʔnat || ’nali
|-
! tooth
| *wis || a’ay’ || lihaʔ || ai’
|-
! tongue
| *pelam || pał || ƚipaƚ || pala
|-
! mouth
| *mɨy-pʰini(h); *lala || ak’o || likó || ko
|-
! hand
| *mas ? || mane’ || ƚimane || 
|-
! foot
| *tek 'leg' || a’miš || liʔmi¢ || 
|-
! breast
|  || tyuwe || latuwe || pare
|-
! meat
| *pis || išik’ || lišik’ || ci’
|-
! blood
| *kʼas || hwac’ || ƚaWa¢’ || fas
|-
! bone
| *kʰele || ekał || lekaƚ || 
|-
! person
| *yom || akwe’ || kal šans || 
|-
! name
|  || puftyiñe || ƚaftine || 
|-
! dog
| *¢ʰiyo(h) || milya’ || kal ¢iki || tsigi
|-
! fish
| *kʰul || atyu’ || ƚatu || tu’u
|-
! louse
| *tɨtʼ || aykwix || ƚaykwi || 
|-
! tree
| *yo(h) || ’ex || al ʔek || 
|-
! leaf
|  || ipela || lipela || pela
|-
! flower
|  || ipa’ || lipaʔ || pipi
|-
! water
| *sɨ(tʰ) || axa’ || lahaʔ || xa
|-
! fire
| *kʼawa || unkwa’ || ƚuŋa || ngwa
|-
! stone
| *pe(h) || apix || ƚapik || pih
|-
! earth
| *(a)ma(h) || amac’ || ƚama¢’ || 
|-
! salt
| *¢olim || u’we || ƚoʔwe || weh
|-
! road
|  || ane’ || lane || ne
|-
! eat
| *la ? || sago’ma || lihaʔ 'food' || te, tes
|-
! die
| *pɨʔ ? || ma’ma || timá || ma
|-
! I
| *nap ? || iya’ || iyaʔ || ya
|-
! you
| *hip || ima’ || imaʔ || ma
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Mesoamerican families}}
{{North American languages}}

[[Category:Proposed language families]]
[[Category:Indigenous languages of North America]]

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