Western Popoloca language
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 Otlaltepec pca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan |
Glottolog |
sant1454 (Santa Ines Ahuatempan)[2]sanf1264 (San Felipe Otlaltepec)[3] |
Western Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,
- Santa Inés Ahuatempan Popoloca (AKA Ahuatempan, Santa Inés)
- San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca (AKA Otlaltepec, San Felipe)
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; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Santa Ines Ahuatempan Popoloca". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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