Tecpatlán Totonac 1997 Edition (TCWWTC)

Overview

The Tecpatlán Totonac Bible is a 1997 edition of the complete Bible (66 books) in Tecpatlán Totonac, a critically endangered Totonacan language of Mexico. ^[1] Tecpatlán Totonac belongs to the Totonacan language family, a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the central Mexican states of Veracruz and Puebla. ^[2] With approximately 540 speakers remaining, this translation represents a significant effort to preserve Scripture access for a very small language community. ^[1] The Totonac peoples have inhabited the Gulf Coast region of Mexico since pre-Columbian times, and the various Totonac languages are among the indigenous languages of Mesoamerica with the longest documented history of Bible translation activity by SIL International and affiliated organizations. ^[3]

Language and People

Tecpatlán Totonac (ISO 639-3: tcw) is spoken by approximately 540 people in Western Central Mexico. [Glottolog: tecp1235]

References

• [1] Totonac, Tecpatlán Language (TCW) - Ethnologue. Speaker population and language status.
• [2] Totonacan languages - Encyclopaedia Britannica. Overview of the Totonacan language family.
• [3] Scripture Translations - SIL Mexico. List of Scripture translation projects in Mexico.
• Simple HTML Bibles - Online text, ebible.org
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for TCWWTC.