Totonac

E79124

indigenous language family language family

Totonac is an indigenous language family of eastern Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Totonac people primarily in the states of Veracruz and Puebla.

Aliases (5)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous language family → language family →
belongsToMacroArea	Mesoamerican languages →
culturalAssociation	El Tajín archaeological region → Papantla region of Veracruz →
endangermentCause	shift to Spanish →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Totonac people →
hasISOClassification	multiple ISO 639-3 codes for individual Totonac languages →
hasLanguage	Coyutla Totonac → Filomeno Mata Totonac → Huehuetla Tepehua (often classified with Totonac) → Misantla Totonac → Ozelonacaxtla Totonac → Papantla Totonac → Sierra Totonac → Tecpatlán Totonac → Upper Necaxa Totonac → Xicotepec Totonac → Zapotitlán Totonac →
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verb morphology → polysynthetic morphology →
hasPhonologicalFeature	glottalized consonants → rich consonant inventory →
hasRevitalizationEffort	bilingual education programs in Mexico → community language documentation projects →
hasSubfamily	Central Totonac → Northern Totonac → Southern Totonac →
hasSyntacticFeature	head-marking → verb-initial tendencies →
languageFamilyOf	Totonac languages →
languageFamilyStatus	indigenous to Mesoamerica →
languageStatus	endangered →
recognizedBy	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) →
region	Sierra Norte de Puebla → northern Veracruz →
relatedTo	Tepehua language family →
sometimesGroupedWith	Totonacan language family →
spokenIn	Mexico → Puebla NERFINISHED → Veracruz NERFINISHED → eastern Mexico →
traditionalSpeakers	Totonac people →
usedIn	everyday communication in Totonac communities → oral tradition of Totonac people → ritual practices of Totonac people →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cempoala ("Totonac civilization") → Quiahuiztlán ("Totonac culture") →	culture
Cempoala ("Totonac people") →	ethnicGroup
Totonac ("Totonac people") →	ethnolinguisticGroup
Eastern Mexico ("Totonac peoples") →	hasIndigenousGroup
Veracruz →	hasIndigenousLanguages
Veracruz ("Totonac people") →	hasIndigenousPeople
Totonac ("Central Totonac") →	hasSubfamily
Totonac ("Totonac people") →	traditionalSpeakers