Totonac, Xicotepec de Juárez

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A language of Mexico

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Alternate Names
Apapantilla Totonac, Northern Totonac, Tachiwiin, Totonaca, Totonaco, Totonaco Central del Norte, Totonaco de Villa Juárez, Totonaco del Norte, Totonako, Xicotepec Totonac
Autonym
Tachihuin
User Population

3,000 (2000 SIL). 500 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 13,700.

Location

Puebla state: Xicotepec de Juárez; Veracruz state. 30 towns.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Totonacan, Totonac
Dialects

Zihuateutla Totonac. 87% intelligibility of Ozumatlán [tqt] (most similar).

Typology

SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Use

Adults only. Negative attitudes. Shifting to Spanish [spa], with older adults using Totonac more than Spanish, while others use Spanish more than Totonac. Some also use Tepehua, Nahuatl, Otomi.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1978.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Totonac, Xicotepec de Juárez
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Young people must leave area for jobs.