Totonac, Ozumatlán

TQT

threatened

Alternate Names: Totonaco de Ozomatlán, Totonaco del cerro Xinolate´petl, Totonaco norte de Huauchinango, Western Totonac, Xinolate´petl Totonac, Xinulajgsipij tutunaku

Dialects: 79% intelligibility of Highland Totonac ,, 75% of Northern Totonac (Xicotepec de Juarez) ,, 67% of Zihuateutla dialect of Xicotepec de Juarez Totonac ,, 43% of Papantla ,.

Genealogy:

Totonacan
Totonac

Demographics: 1,610 (2000 census), decreasing.

Language Use: Home, work. Negative attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa]. About half also use some form of Nahuatl.

Language Development: Taught in primary schools.

Typology: SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico