Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Preface -- I Topics -- 2 Missionary linguistics in Mesoamerica -- 3 The acquisition of Middle American languages -- 4 Space in languages in Mexico and Central America -- II Families and languages -- 5 Extinct lineages and unclassified languages of Mexico -- 6 Uto-Aztecan -- 7 Purepecha: An isolate non-Mesoamerican language in Mesoamerica -- 8 Comparative Oto-Mangean grammar research -- 9 The Popolocan languages -- 10 The Zapotecan languages -- 11 The Oto-Pamean languages -- 12 Totonacan languages -- 13 The Chontal language family -- 14 A typological overview of Mixe-Zoquean languages -- 15 Mayan languages: An overview of their properties -- 16 Tol (Jicaque) -- 17 Xinkan and Lencan -- 18 Emerging sign languages of Mesoamerica: A review -- 19 Middle American Spanish -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects