Popoluca

E80060
Mixe–Zoquean language indigenous language language group

Popoluca refers to several closely related indigenous languages of the Mixe–Zoquean family spoken by native communities in southern Veracruz, Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Popoluca people 2
Texistepec Popoluca 1
Zoque peoples 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe–Zoquean language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areaOfStudy historical linguistics of Mesoamerica ⓘ
language contact in Veracruz ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered language ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Popoluca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Popoluca people
geographicDistribution Oluta municipality ⓘ
Sayula de Alemán municipality ⓘ
Sierra de Soteapan ⓘ
Municipality of Orizaba ⓘ
surface form: Texistepec municipality
hasAlternativeName Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
surface form: Popoluca (Mixe–Zoquean)

Popoluca languages ⓘ
hasISO6393Code plo (Oluta Popoluca) ⓘ
poi (Highland Popoluca / Sierra Popoluca) ⓘ
poq (Texistepec Popoluca) ⓘ
pos (Sayula Popoluca) ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Mixe–Zoquean
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
glottalized consonants ⓘ
tone (in some varieties) ⓘ
hasVariety Oluta Popoluca ⓘ
Sayula Popoluca ⓘ
Sierra Popoluca ⓘ
Popoluca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Texistepec Popoluca
influencedBy Spanish ⓘ
surface form: Spanish language
languageFamily Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
surface form: Mixe–Zoquean
languageStatus national indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
morphology polysynthetic language ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith Popoloca (Oto-Manguean languages) ⓘ
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec ⓘ
surface form: Isthmus of Tehuantepec area
spokenIn Mexico ⓘ
southern Veracruz ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
surface form: state of Veracruz
subfamily Mixe languages ⓘ
Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
surface form: Zoquean languages
subjectOf Mesoamerican linguistic research ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities of Veracruz ⓘ
usedIn local community governance ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
wordOrder verb–subject–object ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Popoluca → ethnolinguisticGroup → Popoluca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Popoluca people
Sotavento → hasEthnicInfluence → Popoluca ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Mexico
this entity surface form: Zoque peoples
Veracruz → hasIndigenousPeople → Popoluca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Popoluca people
Popoluca → hasVariety → Popoluca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texistepec Popoluca