Tolatecan languages

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. Later, Campbell (1997) said that Tolatecan is not likely to be a valid language family.

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


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! gloss !! Proto-Jicaque !! Huamelultec !! Highland Chontal !! Tequistlatec ! head ! hair ! eye ! ear ! nose ! tooth ! tongue ! mouth ! hand ! foot ! breast ! meat ! blood ! bone ! person ! name ! dog ! fish ! louse ! tree ! leaf ! flower ! water ! fire ! stone ! earth ! salt ! road ! eat ! die ! I ! you
 * *ha(y)pʰuk || hwaj || ƚiWak || fa
 * *¢ʼil || hwak’ || ƚaWak || fah
 * || a’u || ƚiʔi || ’uh
 * *pʰa¢ʼ || as’mas || lišʔmas ||
 * *mik || ’nał || ƚiʔnat || ’nali
 * *wis || a’ay’ || lihaʔ || ai’
 * *pelam || pał || ƚipaƚ || pala
 * *mɨy-pʰini(h); *lala || ak’o || likó || ko
 * *mas ? || mane’ || ƚimane ||
 * *tek 'leg' || a’miš || liʔmi¢ ||
 * || tyuwe || latuwe || pare
 * *pis || išik’ || lišik’ || ci’
 * *kʼas || hwac’ || ƚaWa¢’ || fas
 * *kʰele || ekał || lekaƚ ||
 * *yom || akwe’ || kal šans ||
 * || puftyiñe || ƚaftine ||
 * *¢ʰiyo(h) || milya’ || kal ¢iki || tsigi
 * *kʰul || atyu’ || ƚatu || tu’u
 * *tɨtʼ || aykwix || ƚaykwi ||
 * *yo(h) || ’ex || al ʔek ||
 * || ipela || lipela || pela
 * || ipa’ || lipaʔ || pipi
 * *sɨ(tʰ) || axa’ || lahaʔ || xa
 * *kʼawa || unkwa’ || ƚuŋa || ngwa
 * *pe(h) || apix || ƚapik || pih
 * *(a)ma(h) || amac’ || ƚama¢’ ||
 * *¢olim || u’we || ƚoʔwe || weh
 * || ane’ || lane || ne
 * *la ? || sago’ma || lihaʔ 'food' || te, tes
 * *pɨʔ ? || ma’ma || timá || ma
 * *nap ? || iya’ || iyaʔ || ya
 * *hip || ima’ || imaʔ || ma
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