| Tolatecan | |
| Acceptance: | abandoned |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Family: | Proposed language family |
| Child1: | Tequistlatecan (Chontal) |
| Glotto: | none |
| Map: | Tolatecan Languages.png |
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.[1] Later, Campbell (1997) said that Tolatecan is not likely to be a valid language family.[2]
Below is a comparison of selected basic vocabulary items in Proto-Jicaque and the Tequistlatecan languages.
| gloss | Proto-Jicaque[3] | Huamelultec[4] | Highland Chontal[5] | Tequistlatec[6] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| head |
| hwaj | ƚiWak | fa | |
| hair |
| hwak’ | ƚaWak | fah | |
| eye | a’u | ƚiʔi | ’uh | ||
| ear |
| as’mas | lišʔmas | ||
| nose |
| ’nał | ƚiʔnat | ’nali | |
| tooth |
| a’ay’ | lihaʔ | ai’ | |
| tongue |
| pał | ƚipaƚ | pala | |
| mouth |
| ak’o | likó | ko | |
| hand |
| mane’ | ƚimane | ||
| foot |
| a’miš | liʔmi¢ | ||
| breast | tyuwe | latuwe | pare | ||
| meat |
| išik’ | lišik’ | ci’ | |
| blood |
| hwac’ | ƚaWa¢’ | fas | |
| bone |
| ekał | lekaƚ | ||
| person |
| akwe’ | kal šans | ||
| name | puftyiñe | ƚaftine | |||
| dog |
| milya’ | kal ¢iki | tsigi | |
| fish |
| atyu’ | ƚatu | tu’u | |
| louse |
| aykwix | ƚaykwi | ||
| tree |
| ’ex | al ʔek | ||
| leaf | ipela | lipela | pela | ||
| flower | ipa’ | lipaʔ | pipi | ||
| water |
| axa’ | lahaʔ | xa | |
| fire |
| unkwa’ | ƚuŋa | ngwa | |
| stone |
| apix | ƚapik | pih | |
| earth |
| amac’ | ƚama¢’ | ||
| salt |
| u’we | ƚoʔwe | weh | |
| road | ane’ | lane | ne | ||
| eat |
| sago’ma | lihaʔ 'food' | te, tes | |
| die |
| ma’ma | timá | ma | |
| I |
| iya’ | iyaʔ | ya | |
| you |
| ima’ | imaʔ | ma |