Popolocan language

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The Popolocan languages are a subgroup of the Oto-Manguean language family spoken by indigenous Popoloca peoples in central Mexico.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oto-Manguean language branch
language subgroup
arealContext Tehuacán Valley NERFINISHED
arealGrouping Mesoamerican languages
continent North America
country Mexico
documentationStatus under-documented
ethnicity Popoloca NERFINISHED
geneticClassification Oto-Manguean > Popolocan
governmentalContext subject to Mexican indigenous language policy
hasMember Chocho language NERFINISHED
Ixcatec language NERFINISHED
Mazatec languages NERFINISHED
Northern Popoloca NERFINISHED
Popoloca language NERFINISHED
Southern Popoloca NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
ISOClassification part of Oto-Manguean macrolanguage group
languageContactWith Spanish language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED
languageShiftTowards Spanish language
linguisticArea Mesoamerican Linguistic Area NERFINISHED
linguisticFeature complex tone systems
nasalization contrasts
verb–initial basic order
macroArea North America NERFINISHED
morphologyType agglutinative
fusional
recognizedAs indigenous languages of Mexico
region Oaxaca NERFINISHED
Puebla NERFINISHED
relatedTo Chinantecan languages
Mixtecan languages NERFINISHED
Zapotecan languages NERFINISHED
spokenBy Popoloca peoples NERFINISHED
indigenous peoples of Mexico
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED
central Mexico
status endangered
subgroupOf Oto-Manguean languages
typology tonal languages
usedBy Popoloca communities in Oaxaca
Popoloca communities in Puebla
wordOrder VSO
VSO/VOS
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Popoloca subclassOf Popolocan language
Chocho subfamily Popolocan language
this entity surface form: Popolocan languages
Chocho isPartOf Popolocan language
this entity surface form: Popolocan language group
Popoloca (Oto-Manguean languages) subclassOf Popolocan language
this entity surface form: Popolocan languages
Ayautla Mazatec languageBranch Popolocan language
this entity surface form: Popolocan languages