Chontal (from , 'foreigner') may refer to various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world. Pre-Conquest Maya region Chontal or Putún Maya, a collective name for several groups of Maya during the Late Classic and Postclassic Eras Mexico Guerrero Chontal of Guerrero (es), an extinct indigenous people in northern Guerrero Tabasco Chontal Maya people, an indigenous people of Tabasco Chontal Maya language, spoken by the Chontal Maya people Oaxaca Chontal of Oaxaca, another name for the Tequistlatecan languages Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, another name for the Huamelula language Highland Oaxaca Chontal, a language spoken by some indigenous people in the state Nicaragua Chontales Department, one of fifteen departments in Nicaragua Chontal of Nicaragua (es), the ethnicity for which the department is named after