Popoluca, Highland
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Popoluca de la Sierra
Population
30,000 (1992 SIL).
Location
Veracruz, Soteapan, Amamaloya, Barosa, Buena Vista, Col Benito Juárez, Cuilonia, El Aguacate, Estrivera, Guadalupe Victoria, Horno de Cal, Kilómetro Diez, La Florida, La Magdalena, and Las Palmas.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
More similar to Zoque than to Mixe.
Typology
VOS; short words, affixes; nontonal
Language Use
Many children speak it. Some also use a Nahuatl language.
Language Development
Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1977–1997.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.