Chontal Bible History: 6/17/2017

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**List: Chontal Ministry the Bible ( the Bible ) Chontal: Oaxaca... "The Oaxaca Chontal language is spoken with dialectal variations by 10,000 or more Indians in southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca Chontal is a Hokan language, related to Seri, and is not to be confused with the Chontal of Tabasco, a Mayan tongue, or the Sumu tongues of Nicaragua, occasionally referred to as Nicaragua Chontal.   The dialect represented in this translation is the coastal usage, differing from the inland Sierra dialect.   It is common to several thousand Chontals.   Chontal Oaxaca is some- times known as Tequistlateco."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only] "1955 [m]ark (with Spanish)   ABS, Mexico Translated by May Morrison and Viola Waterhouse, WBT."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: "1955" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaías = Isaiah).   WBT uses W&H / CT.] Chontal: Oaxaca, Sierra... "The Sierra dialect of Oaxaca Chontal is spoken by almost 5,000 Chontals in mountainous areas of southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico. The Highland Chontals of Oaxaca live in 20 or more scattered villages, ranging in size from 30 inhabitants (San Pedro Sosolo- tepec) to more than 700 (Santa María Ecatepec)."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only] "1963 [m]ark (with Spanish)   SB en México Translated by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Turner, WBT."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: "1963" Mark 1:2 incorrect (calprofeta Isaías = prophet Isaiah).   WBT uses W&H / CT.] Chontal: Tabasco... "The Tabasco Chontals, numbering about 18,000, live in the State of Tabasco, Mexico.   They speak a Mayan tongue, related to Chol, Maya, and the Tzeltal and Tzotzil dialects of Chiapas. Tabasco Chontal has been linguistically divided by some into two main dialects, Chontal Proper and Yokotan, but in both numerous local variations can be noted."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only] Diglot with Spanish "1952 [m]ark Tipográfica Indígena, Cuernavaca 1959 John   Acts   1961 James-Jude   ABS, Mexico 1963 Philippians   1966 Luke   SB en México Translated by Kathryn Keller and James and Mary Walker, WBT, in the Chontal usage found in and around Nacajuca, Tabasco."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: "1952" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaías = Isaiah).   WBT uses W&H / CT.]

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