Northern Popoloca language

Northern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. The dialects of the two towns where it is spoken, San Luís Temalacayuca (a.k.a. Temalacayuca, San Luís) and San Marcos Tlacoyalco (a.k.a. Tlacoyalco, San Marcos), are over 90% mutually intelligible.

Northern Popoloca
Native toMexico
RegionPuebla
Native speakers
(13,000[Total Popoloca suggests this is includes double count] cited 1994–2000)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
pps – San Luís Temalacayuca
pls – San Marcos Tlacoyalco
Glottologsanl1248  San Luis Temalacayuca
sanm1301  San Marcos Tlalcoyalco

Phonology edit

Vowels edit

Front Central Back
Close i o~u
Mid ɛ
Open a

Consonants edit

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-
Alveolar
Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive p t k ʔ
Affricate t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ʂ
Fricative voiceless ɸ s ʃ ʂ h
voiced β ð z ʒ ɣ
Rhotic ɾ r
Approximant l j

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References edit

  1. ^ San Luís Temalacayuca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    San Marcos Tlacoyalco at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Machin, Polly; Stark, Sharon (1977). Stress and tone in Tlacoyalco Popoloca. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
  3. ^ Stark C., Sara (2014). Los pronombres en ngigua. SIL-Mexico Electronic Working Papers, 12a.: SIL International.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)