Proto-Totonacan language
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
; Notes- MacKay and Trechsel add ejective stops and affricates.
- Davletshin and Brown et al. add /ʔ/ and /h/. MacKay and Trechsel accept /ʔ/ but reject /h/.
Vowels
; Notes- Brown et al. accept this vowel inventory.
- MacKay and Trechsel reject laryngealized vowels in Proto-Totonacan. They argue that laryngealized vowels in the Totonac languages are too infrequent and erratic after fricatives and sonorants to support their reconstruction.