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Western Popoloca language

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Western Popoloca
Native toMexico
RegionPuebla
Native speakers
7,000 (2000)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pow – San Felipe Otlaltepec
pca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan
Glottologsant1454  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,

  • Santa Inés Ahuatempan Popoloca (a.k.a. Ahuatempan, Santa Inés)
  • San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca (a.k.a. Otlaltepec, San Felipe)

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

Phonology

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Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i, ĩ u, ũ
Mid e, o, õ
Open a, ã

Consonants

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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]

References

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  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)
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