Totonac, Highland
A language of Mexico
| Population | 120,000 (1982 SIL). |
| Region | Zacatlán, Puebla, Veracruz. |
| Language map |
Western Central Mexico, reference number 60 |
| Alternate names | Sierra Totonac, Totonaco de la Sierra |
| Classification | Totonacan, Totonac |
| Language use | Some also use a Nahuatl language. |
| Language development | Dictionary. NT: 1959–2000. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SVO, long words, affixes, clitics, nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
ASCHMANN, Elizabeth D., author. 1963. "The snake that gives money: a Totonac myth."
ASCHMANN, Elizabeth D., author. 1984. The relative clause in Highland Totonac.
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ASCHMANN, Herman P., author. 1946. "Totonac categories of smell."
ASCHMANN, Herman P., author. 1946. "Totonaco phonemes."
ASCHMANN, Herman P., author. 1950. "A literal translation of 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 in Totonac."
ASCHMANN, Herman P., author. 1952. "Los dos niveles de composición en el verbo totonaco."
ASCHMANN, Herman P., compiler. 1983. Castellano-totonaco, totonaco-castellano: Dialecto de la sierra.
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ASCHMANN, Pedro, compiler. 1949. Vocabulario de la lengua totonaca.
ASCHMANN, Pedro, compiler. 1950. Vocabulario de la lengua totonaca.
ASCHMANN, Pedro, compiler. 1956. Vocabulario de la lengua totonaca.
CHRISTIANSEN, Landis G., author. 1937. "Totonaco."
WENDELL, Margaret M., author. 1970. A problem in Totonac orthography.

