Popoloca, San Marcos Tlacoyalco
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Ngiwa, Northern Popoloca, Popoloca de San Marcos Tlalcoyalco, Popoluca del Norte, San Marcos Tlalcoyalco Popoloca
Autonym
Ngigua
Population
8,440 (2000 INALI).
Location
Puebla state: San Francisco Esperilla, San José Buenavista, San Juan Sacavasco, San Marcos Tlacoyalco, and San Martin Esperilla.
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Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Dialects
None known. San Luis [pps] has 90% intelligibility of San Marcos.
Typology
VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Development
Literature. Grammar. NT: 1983–2016.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].