TOP ISO 639-3
Totonac, Papantla
Lichiwin Tutunaku, Tutunakú Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
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- Alternate Names
- Lowland Totonaca, Totonaco, Totonaco de Papantla, Totonaco de la Costa
- Autonym
- Lichiwin Tutunaku, Tutunakú
- 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.
- 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.
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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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