Popoloca, San Juan Atzingo
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Atzingo Popoloca, Eastern Popoloca, Ngigua, Popoloca de San Juan Atzingo, Popoloca del Oriente, Southern Popoloca
Population
5,000 (1991 SIL). 500 monolinguals, mostly women.
Location
Puebla, San Juan Atzingo.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Typology
VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal
Language Use
Vigorous. Some Nahuatl in Chilac speak some Popoloca. Some, more among the young, migrate temporarily for jobs, but retain the language. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce, religious services. All ages. Very positive attitudes. Most men primarily use Spanish [spa]. Many women who cannot speak Spanish speak Nahuatl for trading in San Gabriel Chilac. Onyx and sugarcane workers have team leaders who speak Spanish for them.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. 2,000 L1 readers, 200 can write. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary. NT: 1982.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
