_Totonaco._ _Tarasco._ _Otomi._
_Upper._ _Lower._
Man, tziuereti, n’yōh.
Woman, chajat, tac, taco, cucha, cuxareti, datsu, sitzu.
Sun, co, chichini, huriata, ’hiadi.
Moon, papa, malcoyo, cutzi, rzana.
Fire, turiri, tzibi.
Water, chochot, xcan, itsi, dehe.
Head, ayxaca, ehpu, ña.
Eye, lacaztaponitni, lacacholna, eskua, da.
Ear, tangan, cacaxcolna, kutsikua, gu.
Mouth, quilni, quelpaja, haramekua, ne.
Nose, quincan, quin, tz-ure, siu.
Tongue, katamba, qhane.
Tooth, tatzanitni, taizalatna, sini, ttzi.
Hand, macanitni, macatatna, haqui, ’ye.
Foot, tohuan, tojolat, gua.
House, quahta, ngu.
1, tom, omollana, ma, ’ne, r’e.
2, toy, toy, tziman, yoho.
3, toto, toton, tanimo, hiu.
4, tat, tamu, gooho.
5, quitziz, yumu, cqtta.
The Totonaco is spoken in two diverse dialects by the inhabitants of the
plains and the uplands. The difference is not so great as appears in the
written tongue, as they are mutually intelligible.
A number of works on the Tarascan language have recently been edited or
written by Dr. Nicolas Leon, of Morelia, Michoacan, so that there is
abundant material for the study of the tongue.
The Otomi presents so many sounds unfamiliar to the European ear that the
attempt to represent it by our alphabets can be only remotely accurate.
I have a very extensive MS. dictionary of the tongue, based on the
_Vocabulario Mexicano_ of Molina.