Popoloca, Santa Inés Ahuatempan

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
pca
Alternate Names
Popoloca de Santa Inés Ahuatempan, Popoloca del Poniente
Population

4,000 (2000 SIL). Few monolinguals.

Location

Puebla, west of Coyotepec and Tehuacán, Santa Inés Ahuatempan and Todos Santos Almolonga towns.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Popoloca
Dialects

Ahuatempan Popoloca, Todos Santos Almolonga Popoloca. 75% intelligibility of San Felipe Popoloca [pow] (most similar).

Language Use

All domains among older adults; half of the time in local commerce, administration. Mainly adults. Negative attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 55%. 300 readers. Bible portions: 1994–1996.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Popoloca, Santa Inés Ahuatempan
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Many leave the area to find jobs. Traditional religion, Christian.