Olutec
E1040611
Olutec is an indigenous Mixe–Zoquean language of southern Veracruz, Mexico, traditionally spoken by the Oluta Popoluca people and now critically endangered.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olutec canonical | 2 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mixe–Zoquean language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Oluta Popoluca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olutla Popoluca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguistic fieldwork in Veracruz ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to Spanish ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Oluta Popoluca people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyFeature |
derivational morphology for valency change
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
nasal consonants ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | very few remaining speakers ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
verb–object–subject (VOS)
ⓘ
verb–subject–object (VSO) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | plo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mesoamerican linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Zoquean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mixe–Zoquean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Oluta Popoluca culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southern Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskStatus | possible language extinction in near future ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Isthmus region of Veracruz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oluta, Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Popoluca language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication (historically)
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oluta Popoluca