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 people (Guerrero), an extinct indigenous people in northern Guerrero Chontal language (Guerrero), their language
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