Southern Popoloca language
| Southern Popoloca | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Puebla |
Native speakers | unknown (7,000 cited 1991–1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: poe – San Juan Atzingo pbe – Metzontla |
| Glottolog |
sanj1285 (San Juan Atzingo)[2]mezo1235 (Mezontla)[3] |
Southern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,
- San Juan Atzingo Popoloca (AKA Atzingo, San Juan)
- Metzontla Popoloca (AKA Los Reyes Metzontla Popoloca)
which are about 75% mutually intelligible.
References
- ↑ San Juan Atzingo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Metzontla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "San Juan Atzingo Popoloca". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mezontla Popoloca". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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