Filomeno Mata Totonac

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

Filomeno Mata Totonac
Coahuitlán Totonac
Native to	Mexico
Region	Veracruz
Native speakers	15,100 (2000)[1]
Language family	Totozoquean ? Totonacan Totonac Central Totonac Lowland–Sierra Filomeno Mata Totonac
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tlp
Glottolog	filo1235

Phonology

Consonants

Filomeno Mata Totonac consonants[2]

	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[2]

	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

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