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Popoloca languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Puebla, Mexico

Glottolog
  
popo1294

Popoloca languages

Linguistic classification
  
Oto-Manguean Popolocan Chocho–Popoloca Popoloca

Subdivisions
  
Eastern Central/Western

Popoloca is an indigenous Mexican cluster of languages of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, closely related to Mazatec. They are spoken by 18,000 in Puebla state, Mexico, near Tehuacán.

Languages

The Ethnologue distinguishes seven varieties of Popoloca as separate languages. However, these fall into four groups with 75% mutual intelligibility or greater.

  • Eastern Popoloca
  • Southern (Atzingo–Metzontla: San Juan, Los Reyes)
  • Northern (Temalacayuca–Tlacoyalco: San Luis, San Marcos)
  • Central Popoloca
  • Coyotepec (San Mateo dialect may be distinct, or a dialect of San Felipe)
  • Western (Ahuatempan–Otlaltepec: Santa Inés, San Felipe)

    • References

    Popoloca languages Wikipedia
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