Popoluca, Highland
A language of Mexico
| Population | 30,000 (1991 SIL). |
| Region | Veracruz, Soteapan. |
| Language map |
Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 94 |
| Alternate names | Highland Popoluca, Popoluca de la Sierra |
| Dialects | More similar to Zoque than to Mixe. |
| Classification | Mixe-Zoque, Zoque, Veracruz Zoque |
| Language use | Some also use a Nahuatl language. |
| Language development | Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1977–1996. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VOS; short words, affixes; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1947. "Sierra Popoluca syllable structure."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1947. "The Homshuk: a Sierra Popoluca text."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1948. "Sierra Popoluca personal names."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1956. Sierra Popoluca morphology.
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1960. "Sierra Popoluca morphology."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1961. "Person markers and related morphemes in Sierra Popoluca."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1965. "Sierra Popoluca intonation."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1967. "Sierra Popoluca."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1984. "The use of the passive in Sierra Popoluca discourse."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1984. Gramatica Popoluca de la Sierra.
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1989. "Word order in Sierra Popoluca."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1990. "Participant reference and argument structure in Sierra Popoluca."
ELSON, Benjamin F., author. 1992. "Reconstructing Mixe-Zoque."
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ELSON, Benjamin F.; MARLETT, Stephen A., authors. 1983. Popoluca evidence for syntactic levels.
LIND, John O., author. 1964. "Clause and sentence level syntagmemes in Sierra Popoluca."
MARLETT, Stephen A., author. 1986. "Syntactic levels and multiattachment in Sierra Popoluca."
MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1963. "Sierra Popoluca kinship."
NORDELL, Norman, author. 1962. "On the status of Popoluca in Zoque-Mixe."
Vernacular Publications
Hablemos popoluca y español. 2009.

