Papantla Totonac

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Papantla Totonac is an indigenous Totonacan language spoken primarily in and around Papantla in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

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Papantla Totonac canonical 5

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Totonacan language
indigenous language
vernacular language
contactLanguage Spanish
country Mexico
ethnicGroup Totonac
surface form: Totonac people
glottologCode papa1238
glottologName Papantla Totonac self-link
hasAlternativeName Totonaco de Papantla
Totonaco de Papantla
surface form: Totonaco de la Sierra de Papantla
hasCulturalAssociation Totonac ritual of the Voladores (as community language of many performers)
hasDialect Coyutla Totonac
Misantla Totonac people
surface form: Misantla Totonac (sometimes grouped in wider Papantla area in some classifications)
hasDocumentationType grammatical descriptions
text collections
wordlists
hasEndangermentCause language shift to Spanish
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Spanish
hasLinguisticArea Sierra Papanteca
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (in many descriptions of Totonac languages)
hasSpeakerCommunity rural communities around Papantla
hasTypologicalFeature complex consonant clusters (relative to neighboring languages)
rich verbal morphology
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object (VSO) as a common basic order
ISO639-3Code top
isPartOf Totonac languages
surface form: Totonac–Tepehua language group (in some classifications)
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars and linguistic fieldwork in Veracruz
isTaughtIn some bilingual education programs in Veracruz
languageBranch Central Totonac
languageFamily Totonac
surface form: Totonacan
languageStatus endangered language
neighboringLanguage Spanish
region Papantla region of Veracruz
surface form: Papantla region

northern Veracruz
spokenIn Mexico
Papantla de Olarte
surface form: Papantla

Veracruz
subclassOf Totonac language
Totonac languages
surface form: Totonacan language family
usedBy indigenous communities in and around Papantla
usedIn local rituals and ceremonies in Papantla region
oral tradition of Totonac people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Totonac hasLanguage Papantla Totonac
Totonac languages hasNotableVariety Papantla Totonac
Filomeno Mata Totonac closelyRelatedTo Papantla Totonac
Papantla Totonac glottologName Papantla Totonac self-link
Zapotitlán Totonac isDistinctFrom Papantla Totonac