Western Popoloca | |
---|---|
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Puebla |
Native speakers | 7,000 (2000) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
pow – San Felipe Otlaltepec
pca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan |
Glottolog |
sant1454 Santa Ines Ahuatempan
sanf1264 San Felipe Otlaltepec |
Western Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,
which are about 75% mutually intelligible. Approximately half of ethnic Popoloca of these towns speak the language.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i, ĩ | u, ũ | |
Mid | e, ẽ | o, õ | |
Open | a, ã |
Labial | Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||||
Plosive | ( p) | t | k | ʔ | |||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | t͡ʂ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ʂ | h | ||||
voiced | z | ʒ | ʐ | ɣ | |||||
Rhotic | ɾ | ( r) | |||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Sounds [ p, r] only occur from loanwords. [2]
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Western Popoloca | |
---|---|
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Puebla |
Native speakers | 7,000 (2000) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
pow – San Felipe Otlaltepec
pca – Santa Inés Ahuatempan |
Glottolog |
sant1454 Santa Ines Ahuatempan
sanf1264 San Felipe Otlaltepec |
Western Popoloca is an indigenous language of Puebla state, Mexico. There are two principal varieties, sometimes counted as distinct languages,
which are about 75% mutually intelligible. Approximately half of ethnic Popoloca of these towns speak the language.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i, ĩ | u, ũ | |
Mid | e, ẽ | o, õ | |
Open | a, ã |
Labial | Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||||
Plosive | ( p) | t | k | ʔ | |||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | t͡ʂ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ʂ | h | ||||
voiced | z | ʒ | ʐ | ɣ | |||||
Rhotic | ɾ | ( r) | |||||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Sounds [ p, r] only occur from loanwords. [2]
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