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Totonacan
Language Family
Branch
I |
Language |
Main
Towns Spoken |
No.
of Speakers |
Data
Source |
Totonac
|
Misantla
Totonac |
Yecuatla,
Veracruz |
192 |
INEGI,
2000 |
San
Marcos Atexquilapan,
Veracruz |
13 |
| Landero
y Coss, Veracruz |
61 |
| Chiconquiaco,
Veracruz |
56 |
| Jilotepec,
Veracruz |
11 |
| Papantla
Totonac |
El
Escolín, Veracruz |
Roughly
36,000 in and around Papantla, Veracruz |
Aschmann,
1973 |
| El
Tajín, Veracruz |
García
Ramos, 2000 |
| Cerro
del Carbón, Veracruz |
Levy,
1987, 1990 |
| Sierra
Totonac |
Zapotitlán
de Méndez, Puebla |
Over
100,000 in Sierra Norte de Puebla and nearby Veracruz towns |
Aschmann
and Wonderly, 1952; Aschmann, 1962 |
| McQuown,
1990 |
| Coatepec,
Veracruz |
| Northern
Totonac |
Apapantilla,
Puebla |
Roughly
10,000 in region surrounding Xicotepec de Juárez, Puebla |
Reid
et al., 1968; Reid and Bishop, 1974; Reid, 1991 |
| Patla,
Puebla |
Beck,
2004 |
| Chicontla,
Puebla |
Beck,
2004 |
| TOTAL
TOTONAC SPEAKERS: 220,736* |
Branch
II |
Language |
Main
Towns Spoken |
No.
of Speakers |
Data
Source |
| Tepehua |
Tlachichilco
Tepehua |
Tlachichilco,
Veracruz |
Approx.
2,463 |
INEGI,
2000 |
| Chintipán,
Veracruz |
| Tierra
Colorada, Veracruz |
| Tecomajapa,
Veracruz |
| Pisaflores
Tepehua |
Pisaflores,
Veracruz |
Roughly
2,786 in and around Pisaflores |
|
| Huehuetla
Tepehua |
Huehuetla,
Hidalgo |
Approx.
1,649 |
|
| Mecapalapa,
Puebla |
| TOTAL
TEPEHUA SPEAKERS: 8,252* |
Notes
*INEGI-XII Censo General, 2000.
Sources
Brown, K. and S. Ogilvie, eds. Concise encyclopedia of languages
of the world. Oxford: Elsevier Ltd., 2009.
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