Western Popoloca language

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Western Popoloca
Native to Mexico
Region Puebla
Native speakers
7,000 (2000) [1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
pow   San Felipe Otlaltepec
pca   Santa Inés Ahuatempan
Glottolog sant1454   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,

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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 , 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 [ p , r ] only occur from loanwords. [2]

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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)