Proto-Totonacan


Proto-Totonacan or Proto-Totonac-Tepehua is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Totonacan languages of Mexico. It was first reconstructed using comparative methods in 1953 by Evangelina Arana Osnaya. Some linguists have proposed a link between the Totonacan and Mixe–Zoque language families; therefore making Proto-Totonacan a sister language of Proto-Mixe–Zoque and descendant of Proto-Totozoquean.

Phonology

Consonants

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; Notes
The following Proto-Totonac-Tepehua reconstructions are from MacKay and Trechsel.