Popoloca, San Juan Atzingo
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A language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Atzingo Popoloca, Eastern Popoloca, Ngiba, Ngiwa, Popoloca de San Juan Atzingo, Popoloca del Oriente, Southern Popoloca
Autonym
Ngigua
Population
3,690 (2000 INALI). 500 monolinguals. Most women over 60 functionally monolingual.
Location
Puebla state: San Juan Atzingo.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Typology
VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
Vigorous. Onyx and sugarcane workers have team leaders who speak Spanish for them. Some, more among the young, migrate temporarily for jobs, but retain the language. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce, religious services. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Many also use Spanish [spa], especially men. Many women who cannot speak Spanish speak Nahuatl for trading in San Gabriel Chilac. Some Nahuatl in Chilac also use some Popoloca.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. 2,000 L1 readers, 200 can write. Taught in primary and secondary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1982–2016.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].