| Notes l |
covers the "Meso-America" reference area; comprising 11 sets of languages (= 87 outer languages) spoken by communities in southern North America (Meso-America), from Michoacán to the Pacific-facing side of Honduras, Nicaragua and northern Costa Rica: 69-A OTOMÍ+ OJITLÁN 69-B MAYA+ CAKCHIQUEL 69-C TARASCO 69-D TOTONAC+ TEPEHUA 69-E CUITLATEC 69-F HUAMELULA+ TEQUISTLATEC 69-G HUAVE 69-H MIXE+ ZOQUE 69-I XINCA 69-J LENCA 69-K TOL The first set in this geozone (69-A) comprises the complex "Oto-Manguean" set of languages, spoken by communities located from Mexico to Costa Rica, and the second set (69-B) covers the "Mayan" languages, spoken or formerly spoken by communities in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize and associated with development of the traditional Mayan hieroglyphic script. |