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Totonac, Papantla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3top

Population  80,000 (1982 SIL).
Region  Veracruz.
Language map  Western Central Mexico, reference number 65
Alternate names   Lowland Totonaca, Totonaco de Papantla
Dialects  40% intelligibility with Highland Totonac [tos] (most similar).
Classification  Totonacan, Totonac
Language development  Dictionary. NT: 1979.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SVO, long words, affixes, clitics, nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Aschmann, Herman P. and Elizabeth D. Aschmann, compilers. 1973. Diccionario totonaco de Papantla.