Highland Totonac
| Sierra Totonac | |
|---|---|
| Highland Totonac | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Puebla and Veracruz |
|
Native speakers
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(120,000 cited 1982) plus 48,000 Coyutla (2000) |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: – Coyutla Totonac – (other varieties) |
| Glottolog | lowl1244 |
Sierra Totonac is a native American language complex spoken in Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico. One of the Totonacan languages, it is also known as Highland Totonac. The language is best known through the work of the late Herman “Pedro” Aschmann who produced a small dictionary and several academic articles on the language.
The varieties of Sierra Totonac are rather diverse, and specialists tend to consider them distinct languages. They are:
Zapotitlán Totonac is the best known, being the variety described by Aschmann.
—*Aschmann, Herman P. 1953. Los dos niveles de composición en el verbo totonaco. In Bernal, Ignacio and Hurtado, Eusebio Dávalos, eds. Huastecos, totonacos y sus vecinos. Revista Mexicana de Estudios Antropológicos. 13(2/3):119–122. México: Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología.
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