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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Totonac, Ozumatlán

Totonac, Ozumatlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3tqt

Population  1,800 (1990 census), decreasing.
Region  Puebla, Ozomatlán, Tepetzintla de Galeana, Cuahueyatla.
Language map  Western Central Mexico, reference number 54
Alternate names   Totonaco de Ozomatlán, Xinulajgsipij tutunaku, Totonaco norte de Huauchinango
Dialects  79% intelligibility with Highland Totonac [tos], 75% with Northern Totonac, 67% with Zihuateutla, Puebla, 43% with Papantla [top].
Classification  Totonacan, Totonac
Language use  Home, work. Negative language attitude. Some also use Spanish.
Language development  Taught in primary schools.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal. Agriculturalists: maize, squash, coffee; animal husbandry: poultry, pigs.