Northern Popoloca language
Appearance
Northern Popoloca | |
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Native to | Mexico |
Region | Puebla |
Native speakers | (13,000[Total Popoloca suggests this is includes double count] cited 1994–2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:pps – San Luís Temalacayucapls – San Marcos Tlacoyalco |
Glottolog | sanl1248 San Luis Temalacayucasanm1301 San Marcos Tlalcoyalco |
Northern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. The dialects of the two towns where it is spoken, San Luís Temalacayuca (a.k.a. Temalacayuca, San Luís) and San Marcos Tlacoyalco (a.k.a. Tlacoyalco, San Marcos), are over 90% mutually intelligible.
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u~o | |
Mid | ɛ | ||
Open | a |
Consonants
Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
Plosive | p | t̪ | t | k | ʔ | |||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | t͡ʂ | |||||
Fricative | β | ð | s | ʃ | ʂ | ɣ | h | |
Rhotic | ɾ | |||||||
Approximant | l | j |
References
- ^ San Luís Temalacayuca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
San Marcos Tlacoyalco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Stark C., Sara (2014). Los pronombres en ngigua. SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers, 12a.: SIL International.
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