This 185 page book of poetry in Totonac and Spanish includes 53 color illustrations, hand-painted by the author, Jun Tiburcio Pérez González. There are about 228,000 speakers of one or more of the 9 Totonac languages spoken in Mexico. The author of this book is from Chumatlán, Vera Cruz, a village of about 4,000 speakers of Papantla Totonac. Papantla Totonac is spoke by about 80,000 people.
Indigenous Language: Totonaco
Full indigenous language title: X’TACHUWIN CHU X’TATLIN, LI TANTATANU
Metropolitan/Colonial Language: Spanish
Full metropolitan/colonial language title: PALABRA Y CANTOS DE LOS TOTONACOS
Author: Jun Tiburcio Pèrez González
Year: 1994
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