Tequistlatec

noun

Te·​quis·​tla·​tec

tə̇¦kistlə¦tek

plural Tequistlatec or Tequistlatecs

1

a

: an Indian people of southern Oaxaca, Mexico

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Tequistlatecan language of the Tequistlatec people

called also Chontal

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