Western Popoloca language
Western Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,
- Santa Inés Ahuatempan Popoloca (a.k.a. Ahuatempan, Santa Inés)
- San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca (a.k.a. Otlaltepec, San Felipe)
Western Popoloca | |
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Native to | Mexico |
Region | Puebla |
Native speakers | 7,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:pow – San Felipe Otlaltepecpca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan |
Glottolog | sant1454 Santa Ines Ahuatempan[2]sanf1264 San Felipe Otlaltepec[3] |
which are about 75% mutually intelligible. Approximately half of ethnic Popoloca of these towns speak the language.
References
- San Felipe Otlaltepec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Santa Inés Ahuatempan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Santa Ines Ahuatempan Popoloca". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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