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Western Popoloca language

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Oto-Manguean language spoken in Mexico
Western Popoloca
Native toMexico
RegionPuebla
Native speakers(7,000 cited 2000)
Language familyOto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pow – San Felipe Otlaltepec
pca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan
Glottologsant1454  Santa Ines Ahuatempan
sanf1264  San Felipe Otlaltepec

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)

which are about 75% mutually intelligible. Approximately half of ethnic Popoloca of these towns speak the language.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i, ĩ u, ũ
Mid e, ẽ o, õ
Open a, ã

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar 		Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive (p) t k ʔ
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ʂ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ ʂ h
voiced z ʒ ʐ ɣ
Rhotic ɾ (r)
Approximant w l j

Sounds only occur from loanwords.

References

  1. San Felipe Otlaltepec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Santa Inés Ahuatempan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Williams, Ann F.; Pike, Eunice V. (1968). The phonology of Western Popoloca. Lingua, Vol. 20. pp. 368–380.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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