Zapotitlán Totonac

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Zapotitlán Totonac is a regional variety of the Totonac language spoken by indigenous Totonac communities in and around Zapotitlán, Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Zapotitlán Totonac canonical 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language variety
Totonac language variety
indigenous language variety
country Mexico
ethnicGroup Totonac
geographicDistribution communities surrounding Zapotitlán in Puebla
hasAlternativeName Zapotitlán Totonac variant
Zapotitlán Totonaco
hasAncestor Totonac languages
surface form: Proto-Totonacan
hasBorrowingsFrom Spanish
hasDomain kinship terminology
ritual and religious vocabulary
traditional agriculture terminology
hasLinguisticFeature complex consonant inventory (typical of Totonac languages)
tonal contrasts (typical of many Totonac varieties)
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism in Spanish and Totonac among speakers
intergenerational transmission weakening
hasSpeakers small speaker population
interactsWith Mexican Spanish
isDistinctFrom Coyutla Totonac
Misantla Totonac
Papantla Totonac
Upper Necaxa Totonac
isPartOf indigenous linguistic heritage of Mexico
languageFamily Totonac languages
surface form: Totonacan languages

Totozoquean languages (proposed)
languageFamilyBranch Totonac branch of the Totonacan family
languageStatus endangered language
minority language
partOf Totonac languages
surface form: Totonac language continuum
region eastern Mexico
surface form: eastern-central Mexico
spokenBy Totonac
surface form: Totonac people
spokenIn Puebla (state)
surface form: Puebla, Mexico

Sierra Norte de Puebla
surface form: Sierra Norte de Puebla region

Zapotitlán, Mexico
subclassOf Totonac languages
surface form: Totonac language
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish
usedByCommunity indigenous Totonac communities in and around Zapotitlán
usedIn everyday communication in Totonac households
local oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Totonac hasLanguage Zapotitlán Totonac
Sierra Totonac hasDialect Zapotitlán Totonac