Popoloca, Santa Inés Ahuatempan
A language of Mexico
| Population | 4,000 (2000 SIL). Few monolinguals. |
| Region | Puebla, west of Coyotepec and Tehuacán. 2 towns. |
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Southern Central Mexico, reference number 150 |
| Alternate names | Ngigua, Popoloca de Santa Inés Ahuatempan |
| Dialects | Ahuatempan Popoloca, Todos Santos Almolonga Popoloca. 75% intelligibility with San Felipe Popoloca [pow](most similar). |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Popolocan, Chocho-Popolocan, Popolocan |
| Language use | All domains among older adults. Popoloca used half the time in local commerce, administration. Mainly adults. Negative language attitude. Also use Spanish. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 55%. 300 readers. Bible portions: 1994. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Many leave area to find jobs. Agriculturalists: maize, black beans, avocados, oranges, lemons, papaya. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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