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(Redirected from Filomena Mata-Coahuitlán Totonac) Totonac language of Filomeno Mata, Veracruz, eastern Mexico

Filomeno Mata Totonac
Coahuitlán Totonac
Native to	Mexico
Region	Veracruz
Native speakers	(15,100 cited 2000)
Language family	Totozoquean ? Totonacan Totonac Central Totonac Lowland–Sierra Filomeno Mata Totonac
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`tlp`
Glottolog	`filo1235`
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Filomeno Mata Totonac is a Totonac language spoken in Filomeno Mata, Veracruz, Mexico.

Phonology

Consonants

Filomeno Mata Totonac consonants
	Labial	Coronal	Dorsal	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	(b) p	(d) t	k q	ʔ
Affricate		ts tʃ tɬ
Fricative	(f)	s ʃ ɬ	x
Approximant		l	j w
Tap		(ɾ)

/ɾ/ is only found in Spanish loanwords
/b/, /d/, and /f/ are only found in very recent Spanish loanwords

Vowels

Filomeno Mata Totonac vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	(e)		(o)
Open		a aː

/e/ and /o/ are only found in loanwords from Spanish and other indigenous languages

References

Filomeno Mata Totonac at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ McFarland, Teresa (2009). The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac (PhD). University of California, Berkeley.

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Totonacan languages