Southern Popoloca
Native toMexico
RegionPuebla
Native speakers
(7,000 cited 1991–1993)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
poe  San Juan Atzingo
pbe  Metzontla
Glottologsanj1285  San Juan Atzingo
mezo1235  Mezontla

Southern Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages:

  • San Juan Atzingo Popoloca (a.k.a. Atzingo, San Juan)
  • Metzontla Popoloca (a.k.a. Los Reyes Metzontla Popoloca) which are about 75% mutually intelligible.

References

  1. San Juan Atzingo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Metzontla at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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