Papantla Totonac
Papantla Totonac is a Totonacan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Papantla Totonac, also known as Lowland Totonac, is a native American language spoken in central Mexico, in the state of Veracruz around the city of Papantla.
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Written down
Wakg lakch'ixkuwin talakgawan nak ka'unin niti ka'akgch'apawalinit nachuna wakg takg'alhi ixtamaxanatkan chu tu kaminini, je'e wanp'utun xlakata wakg talakpuwanan, talalakgk'atsan liwakg, talakask'ini xlakata wakg natalamakgtaya.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Papantla Totonac
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kristiano* | |
| name | takuwini* | |
| eye | laqastapu* | |
| ear | taqen* | |
| nose | kinkan* | |
| tooth | tacan* | |
| tongue | simaqat* | |
| hand | makan* | |
| blood | qaLni* | |
| bone | lukut* | |
| skin | Suwa* | |
| knee | coqosni* | |
| breast | cikit* | |
| liver | Lwakaka* | |
| water | chúchut | |
| fire | Lkuyat* | |
| sun | CiCini* | |
| star | staku* | |
| stone | CiwiS* | |
| mountain | sipih* | |
| tree | kiwi* | |
| leaf | tuwan* | |
| night | cisni* | |
| dog | CiCi* | |
| fish | tamaqni* | |
| horse | kawayu | |
| louse | skata* | |
| one | tum* | |
| two | tuy* | |
| I | akit* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Highland TotonacTotonacan89% alike
- Filomeno Mata TotonacTotonacan74% alike
- Xicotepec De Juárez TotonacTotonacan65% alike
- Upper Necaxa TotonacTotonacan62% alike
- Yecuatla TotonacTotonacan51% alike
- Huehuetla TepehuaTotonacan44% alike
Grammar
- Upper Necaxa TotonacTotonacan99% alike
- Highland TotonacTotonacan95% alike
- Filomeno Mata TotonacTotonacan95% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian94% alike
- Western Durango NahuatlUto-Aztecan91% alike
- Isthmus-Mecayapan NahuatlUto-Aztecan91% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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