Southern Popoloca language

Southern Popoloca
Southern Popoloca
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1991–1993)
Language family	Oto-Manguean Popolocan Chocho–Popoloca Popoloca Southern Popoloca; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; poe – San Juan Atzingo; pbe – Metzontla
Glottolog	sanj1285 San Juan Atzingo; mezo1235 Mezontla

Last updated January 02, 2026

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

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

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[e18-1] San Juan Atzingo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Metzontla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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