Sierra Totonac language

Sierra Totonac is a native American language complex spoken in Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico. One of the Totonacan languages, it is also known as Highland Totonac. The language is best known through the work of the late Herman “Pedro” Aschmann who produced a small dictionary and several academic articles on the language.

Sierra Totonac
Highland Totonac
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla and Veracruz
Native speakers	(120,000 cited 1982)[1] plus 48,000 Coyutla (2000)
Language family	Totozoquean ? Totonacan Totonac Central Lowland–Sierra Sierra Totonac
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: toc – Coyutla Totonac tos – (other varieties)
Glottolog	lowl1244
ELP	Sierra Totonac

Varieties

The varieties of Sierra Totonac are rather diverse, and specialists tend to consider them distinct languages. They are:

• Zapotitlán (Zapotitlán de Méndez) Totonac (in Sierra Norte de Puebla)
• Coyutla Totonac
• Olintla Totonac
• Ozelonacaxtla Totonac
• Huehuetla Totonac
• Coatepec Totonac†

Zapotitlán Totonac is the best known, being the variety described by Aschmann.

See also

• Papantla Totonac