Western Popoloca language

Western Popoloca
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla
Native speakers	7,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Popolocan Chocho–Popoloca Popoloca Western Popoloca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `pow` – San Felipe Otlaltepec `pca` – Santa Inés Ahuatempan
Glottolog	`sant1454` (Santa Ines Ahuatempan)^[2] `sanf1264` (San Felipe Otlaltepec)^[3]

Western Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,

Santa Inés Ahuatempan Popoloca (AKA Ahuatempan, Santa Inés)
San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca (AKA Otlaltepec, San Felipe)

which are about 75% mutually intelligible. Approximately half of ethnic Popoloca of these towns speak the language.

References

↑ San Felipe Otlaltepec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Santa Inés Ahuatempan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Santa Ines Ahuatempan Popoloca". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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