Totonac, Xicotepec de Juárez

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: too
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
Population: 3,000 (2000 SIL). 500 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 13,700.
Location:: Puebla state: Xicotepec de Juárez; Veracruz state. 30 towns.
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.

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