Popoloca, San Felipe Otlaltepec
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Popoloca de San Felipe Otlaltepec, Popoloca del Poniente, Western Popoloca
Population
3,000 (2000 SIL). 50 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,590.
Location
Puebla, San Felipe Otlaltepec, Santa María Nativitas, and Huejonapan towns.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Dialects
Huejonapan, Santa María Nativitas.
Typology
SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal
Language Use
Parents do not pass it on to children. Local administration, commerce, religious services. Mainly adults. Mixed attitudes. Older people want to use Popoloca, but it has low prestige among younger people. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1955–1996.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
People leave the area for schooling and jobs.