Totonac, Papantla

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A language of Mexico

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Alternate Names
Lowland Totonaca, Totonaco, Totonaco de Papantla, Totonaco de la Costa
Autonym
Lichiwin Tutunaku, Tutunakú
User Population

80,000 (1982 SIL). Total Totonac speakers: 256,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Veracruz state: Gulf of Mexico, Cazonas river mouth, along coast to La Guadalupe; inland south past Paso del Correro; inland north past Tihuatlan; Puebla state: border area west of Pozo Rico.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Totonacan, Totonac
Dialects

None known. 40% intelligibility of Highland Totonac [tos] (most similar).

Typology

SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 1979.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Totonac, Papantla
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.