Totonac is a small language family

Language family

A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...

 spoken by approximately 300,000 Totonac people in the states of Veracruz

Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...

, Puebla

Puebla

Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....

, and Hidalgo in Mexico

Mexico

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Languages

The following classification is the one made by the Ethnologue, although some of these groups can probably be seen as forming subgroups of their own. Standard terminology is used for the dialects that the Ethnologue names differently from published scholarly works, e.g. "Upper Necaxa Totonac" instead of "Totonac of Patla-Chicontla".

Approximate number of speakers of all varieties of Totonac: ~280,000

Language	ISO-Code	Where spoken	Number of speakers
Totonac of Coyutla	toc	Coyutla, Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...	48,062 (2000 WCD)
Totonac of Filomeno Mata-Coahuitlán	tlp	the Town of Filomeno-Mata, Highland Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is... , surrounded by Highland Totonac	15,108 (2000 WCD)
Highland Totonac Highland Totonac Highland Totonac is a native American language spoken in central Mexico: specifically, in the states of Veracruz and Puebla, and especially the Zacatlán area of the Sierra Norte. One of the Totonacan languages, it is also known as Totonaco de la Sierra or Sierra Totonac. There is a Highland Totonac...	tos	Around Zacatlán, Puebla, and Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...	120,000
Totonac of Ozumatlán	tqt	Northern Puebla: Ozumatlán, Tepetzintla, Tlapehuala, San Agustín	4,000 (1990 census).
Papantla Totonac Papantla Totonac Papantla Totonac is a native American language spoken in central Mexico, in the state of Veracruz around the city of Papantla. One of the Totonacan languages, it is most similar to Highland Totonac....	top	Around Papantla, central lowland Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...	80,000 (1982 SIL).
Upper Necaxa Totonac Upper Necaxa Totonac Upper Necaxa Totonac is a native American language of central Mexico spoken by 3,400 people in and around four villages—Chicontla, Patla, Cacahuatlán, and San Pedro Tlaloantongo—in the Necaxa River Valley in Northern Puebla State...	tot	Northeastern Puebla Puebla Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla.... , Patla, Chicontla, Tecpatlán	4,000 (2005 census)
Totonac de Xicotepec	too	In 30 Villages around Xicotepec de Juárez northern sierra de Puebla Puebla Puebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....  and Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...	3,000
Misantla Totonac Misantla Totonac Misantla Totonac is an indigenous language of Mexico which is spoken by fewer than 500 indigenous Totonacs in central Veracruz. It belongs to the Totonacan family. Misantla Totonac is highly endangered and most speakers are elderly, and the language is no longer in daily use in the communities...	tlc	Yecuatla and Misantla in southern Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...	<500