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Southern Popoloca language

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Popolocan language of Puebla, Mexico
Southern Popoloca
Native toMexico
RegionPuebla
Native speakers(7,000 cited 1991–1993)
Language familyOto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
poe – San Juan Atzingo
pbe – Metzontla
Glottologsanj1285  San Juan Atzingo
mezo1235  Mezontla

Southern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages:

  • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca (a.k.a. Atzingo, San Juan)
  • Metzontla Popoloca (a.k.a. Los Reyes Metzontla Popoloca) which are about 75% mutually intelligible.

References

  1. San Juan Atzingo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Metzontla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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