Misantla Totonac

Facts

  • Language: Misantla Totonac
  • Alternate names: Southeastern Totonac, Yecuatla Totonac, Laakanaachiwiin, Totonac (Misantla), Totonaca (Yecuatla), Misantla Totonako
  • Language code: tlc
  • Language family: Totonacan, Totonac (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 500
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Unwritten.

More information:

    Ethnologue distinguishes 9 Totonac languages: Totonac, Coyutla [toc] Totonac, Filomena Mata-Coahuitlán [tlp] Totonac, Highland [tos] Totonac, Papantla [top] Totonac, Tecpatlán [tcw] Totonac, Upper Necaxa [tku] Totonac, Ozumatlán [tqt] Totonac, Xicotepec de Juárez [too] Totonac, Yecuatla [tlc] The categorization adopted here is that of Carolyn MacKay and Frank Trechsel. However, all acknowledge that there is no real consensus on the linguistic categorization of this area.