Totonac, Papantla
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Lowland Totonaca, Totonaco de Papantla
Population
80,000 (1982 SIL). All Totonac languages: 202,000 (2000 INALI).
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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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
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
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Traditional religion, Christian.