Popoloca languages

Popoloca
Popoloca
Geographic; distribution	Puebla, Mexico
Native speakers	17,000 (2020 census)
Linguistic classification	Oto-Manguean Popolocan Chocho–Popoloca Popoloca; ; ;
Subdivisions	Eastern; Central/Western;
Language codes
Glottolog	popo1294
ELP	Popoloca
	The Popoloca languages, number 6 (purple), center.

Popoloca is an indigenous Mexican cluster of languages of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, closely related to Mazatec. They are spoken by 17,000 people^[1] in Puebla state, Mexico, near Tehuacán.

Languages

The Ethnologue distinguishes seven varieties of Popoloca as separate languages. However, these fall into four groups with 75% mutual intelligibility or greater.

Eastern Popoloca
- Southern (Atzingo–Metzontla: San Juan, Los Reyes)
- Northern (Temalacayuca–Tlacoyalco: San Luis, San Marcos)
Central Popoloca
- Coyotepec (San Mateo dialect may be distinct, or a dialect of San Felipe)
- Western (Ahuatempan–Otlaltepec: Santa Inés, San Felipe)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.

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[inegi2020-1] Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.

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