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 17,000 people
[
in ]Puebla
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state, Mexico, near Tehuacán.
Languages
The Ethnologue
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distinguishes seven varieties of Popoloca as separate languages. However, these fall into four groups with 75% mutual intelligibility or greater.
*Eastern Popoloca
**Southern
Southern may refer to:
Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
* Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US
* Southern Airways Express, M ...
(Atzingo–Metzontla: San Juan, Los Reyes)
**Northern
Northern may refer to the following:
Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ra ...
(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)
Notes
Popolocan languages
Articles citing INALI
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