Totonac

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

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Totonac people 28
Totonac canonical 11
Totonacan 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous language family
language family
belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerican languages
culturalAssociation El Tajín archaeological region
linked to: El Tajín

Papantla region of Veracruz
endangermentCause shift to Spanish
ethnolinguisticGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
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
linked to: Totonac

Northern Totonac
linked to: Totonac languages

Southern Totonac
linked to: Totonac languages
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
linked to: Totonac languages
spokenIn Mexico
Puebla
Veracruz
eastern Mexico
traditionalSpeakers Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
usedIn everyday communication in Totonac communities
oral tradition of Totonac people
ritual practices of Totonac people
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Veracruz hasIndigenousPeople Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Eastern Mexico hasIndigenousGroup Totonac peoples
subject linked to: eastern Mexico
linked to: Totonac
Quiahuiztlán culture Totonac culture
linked to: Totonac
Totonac traditionalSpeakers Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Totonac hasSubfamily Central Totonac
linked to: Totonac
Totonac ethnolinguisticGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Cempoala culture Totonac civilization
linked to: Totonac
Cempoala ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Gulf Coast regions historicallyInhabitedBy Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Tepehua people relatedEthnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Tepehua subfamily Totonac–Tepehua
linked to: Totonac
Xicotepec indigenousLanguagesSpoken Totonac
subject linked to: Xicotepec, Puebla, Mexico
Totonac languages spokenBy Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Totonaque people ethnonym Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Totonaque people hasAutonym Totonaco
linked to: Totonac
Totonacapan region traditionalInhabitants Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Totonacapan region ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Filomeno Mata Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Sierra Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Tecpatlán Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Huehuetla Tepehua languageFamily Totonacan
linked to: Totonac
Papantla region of Veracruz ethnicHeritage Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Municipality of Papantla hasIndigenousPeople Totonac people
subject linked to: municipality of Papantla
linked to: Totonac
Pyramid of the Niches associatedWith Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Xicomecoatl ethnicity Totonac
subject linked to: Totonac ruler Xicomecoatl
Cempoala culture Totonac
subject linked to: Totonac ruler Xicomecoatl
Cēmpoalātl associatedEthnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Temple of the Carved Skulls associatedPeople Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Sierra Norte de Puebla inhabitedBy Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Misantla Totonac languageFamily Totonacan
linked to: Totonac
Misantla Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Papantla Totonac languageFamily Totonacan
linked to: Totonac
Papantla Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Xicotepec Totonac spokenBy Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Zapotitlán Totonac spokenBy Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Coyutla Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Coyutla Totonac isDialectOf Totonac
Upper Necaxa Totonac languageFamily Totonacan
linked to: Totonac
Upper Necaxa Totonac ethnicity Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Upper Necaxa Totonac hasEndonym Totonaco
linked to: Totonac
Ozelonacaxtla Totonac spokenBy Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Ozelonacaxtla Totonac ethnicGroup Totonac people
linked to: Totonac
Papantla de Olarte ethnicGroupPresent Totonac people
linked to: Totonac