The SierraTotonacaLanguage is a TotonacGroupLanguage of Mexico. SIL code: TOS. ISO 639-2: cai. Population: 120,000 (1982 SIL). Region: Zacatlan, Puebla area and Veracruz. Alternate names: HIGHLAND TOTONACA. Comments: Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 10%, 1 50%, 2 24%, 3 10%, 4 5%, 5 1%. Nahuatl also used. Dictionary. VSO, nontonal, long words, affixes, clitics. Tropical. Mountain slope, interfluvial. Peasant agriculturalists. 300 to 2,500 meters. NT 1959, in press (1999).(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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