Filomeno Mata Totonac Explained

Filomeno Mata Totonac
Nativename:	Coahuitlán Totonac
States:	Mexico
Region:	Veracruz
Speakers:	15,100
Date:	2000
Ref:	e18
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Totozoquean ?
Fam2:	Totonacan
Fam3:	Totonac
Fam4:	Central Totonac
Fam5:	Lowland–Sierra
Iso3:	tlp
Glotto:	filo1235
Glottorefname:	Filomeno Mata Totonac
Notice:	IPA
Script:	Latin

Filomeno Mata Totonac is a Totonac language spoken in Filomeno Mata, Veracruz, Mexico.

Phonology

Consonants

Filomeno Mata Totonac consonants^[1] !! Labial! Coronal! Dorsal! Glottal

Nasal	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Stop	(pronounced as /link/)  pronounced as /link/	(pronounced as /link/)  pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Affricate		pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/
Fricative	(pronounced as /link/)	pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Approximant		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/
Tap		(pronounced as /link/)

• /pronounced as /link// is only found in Spanish loanwords
• /pronounced as /link//, /pronounced as /link//, and /pronounced as /link// are only found in very recent Spanish loanwords

Vowels

Filomeno Mata Totonac vowels!! Front! Central! Back

Close	pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/
Mid	(pronounced as /link/)		(pronounced as /link/)
Open		pronounced as /link/  pronounced as /link/

• /pronounced as /link// and /pronounced as /link// are only found in loanwords from Spanish and other indigenous languages

Notes and References

1. McFarland. Teresa. 2009 . The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac. PhD. University of California, Berkeley.