CENTRAL STOCKS.
| 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.