| Upper Necaxa Totonac | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Puebla |
| Ethnicity | 5,800 live in houses headed by speakers (2000)[1] |
Native speakers | 3,400 (2000)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tku |
| Glottolog | uppe1275 |
Upper Necaxa Totonac is a native American language of central Mexico spoken by 3,400 people[3] in and around four villages— Chicontla, Patla, Cacahuatlán, and San Pedro Tlaloantongo —in the Necaxa River Valley in Northern Puebla State.[4] Although speakers represent the majority of the adult population in Patla and Cacahuatlán, there are very few monolinguals and few if any children are currently learning the language as a mother tongue,[5] and, as a consequence, the language must be considered severely endangered.
- ^ "ISO change request" (PDF). 01.sil.org. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Upper Necaxa Totonac at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ 2005 INEGI Census
- ^ Beck (2011a)
- ^ Lam (2009)
