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Popoloca, San Felipe Otlaltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: pow

Population	3,000 (2000 SIL). 50 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 6,585.
Region	Puebla. 3 towns: San Felipe Otlaltepec, Santa María Nativitas, Huejonapan.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 149
Alternate names	Popoloca de San Felipe Otlaltepec, Popoloca del Poniente, Western Popoloca
Dialects	Santa María Nativitas, Huejonapan.
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Popolocan, Chocho-Popolocan, Popolocan
Language use	Parents do not pass it on to children. Local administration, commerce, religious services. Mainly adults. Older people want to use Popoloca, but it has low prestige among younger people. Also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1955–1980.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	People leave the area for schooling and jobs. SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LONGACRE, Robert E.; WILLIAMS, Ann F., authors. 1967. "Popoloca clause types."

PIERSON, Esther, author. 1953. "Phonemic statement of Popoloca."

PIKE, Eunice V.; WILLIAMS, Ann F., authors. 1968. "The phonology of Western Popoloca."

WILLIAMS, Ann F., author. 1946. "Notes on the Popoloca Indians of San Felipe Otlaltepec, Puebla, Mexico."

WILLIAMS, Ann F., author. 1948. "Pequeño informe sobre un proyecto sanitario entre los popolocas de Puebla."