Totonaco del cerro Xinolatépetl

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
tqt
Alternate Names
Kintachiuinkan, Ozumatlán Totonac, Totonaco Norte de Huauchinango, Totonaco de Ozomatlán, Western Totonac, Xinolatépetl Totonac
Autonym
Xinulajgsípij Totonaco
User Population

1,610 (2000 census), decreasing. Total Totonac speakers: 256,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Puebla state: Ozomatlán, Tepetzintla de Galeana, and Cuahueyatla.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Totonacan, Totonac
Dialects

79% intelligibility of Highland Totonac [tos], 75% of Northern Totonac (Xicotepec de Juarez) [too], 67% of Zihuateutla dialect of Xicotepec de Juarez Totonac [too], 43% of Papantla [top].

Typology

SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Use

Home, work, play. Some young people, all adults. Negative attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Bible portions: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Totonaco del cerro Xinolatépetl
Writing

Latin script [Latn].