Popolocan language

E799679

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

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Popolocan languages 6
Eastern Popolocan 1
Popoloca language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oto-Manguean language branch
language subgroup
arealContext Tehuacán Valley
arealGrouping Mesoamerican languages
continent North America
country Mexico
documentationStatus under-documented
ethnicity Popoloca
geneticClassification Oto-Manguean > Popolocan
governmentalContext subject to Mexican indigenous language policy
hasMember Chocho language
Ixcatec language
Mazatec languages
Northern Popoloca
linked to: Metzontla Popoloca

Popoloca language
linked to: Popolocan language

Southern Popoloca
linked to: Metzontla Popoloca
historicalRegion Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
linked to: Mesoamerica
ISOClassification part of Oto-Manguean macrolanguage group
languageContactWith Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
languageShiftTowards Spanish language
linguisticArea Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
linguisticFeature complex tone systems
nasalization contrasts
verb–initial basic order
macroArea North America
morphologyType agglutinative
fusional
recognizedAs indigenous languages of Mexico
region Oaxaca
Puebla
linked to: Puebla (state)
relatedTo Chinantecan languages
Mixtecan languages
linked to: Mixtec languages

Zapotecan languages
spokenBy Popoloca peoples
linked to: Popoloca

indigenous peoples of Mexico
spokenIn Mexico
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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Popoloca subclassOf Popolocan language
Chocho subfamily Popolocan languages
linked to: Popolocan language
Chocho isPartOf Popolocan language group
linked to: Popolocan language
Popoloca (Oto-Manguean languages) subclassOf Popolocan languages
linked to: Popolocan language
Ayautla Mazatec languageBranch Popolocan languages
linked to: Popolocan language
Chocho language subfamily Popolocan languages
linked to: Popolocan language
Chocho language hasLanguageFamilyBranch Eastern Popolocan
linked to: Popolocan language
Popolocan languages hasMember Popoloca language
subject linked to: Popolocan language
linked to: Popolocan language
pls hasSubfamily Popolocan languages
linked to: Popolocan language
San Marcos Tlacoyalco Popoloca languageFamily Popolocan languages
linked to: Popolocan language