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Popoloca languages

Popoloca
Geographic
distribution
Puebla, Mexico
Linguistic classification Oto-Manguean
Subdivisions
  • Eastern
  • Central/Western
Glottolog popo1294
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The Popoloca languages, number 6 (purple), center.

Popoloca is an indigenous Mexican cluster of languages of the Popolocan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family, closely related to Mazatec. They are spoken by 18,000 in Puebla state, Mexico, near Tehuacán.

The Ethnologue distinguishes seven varieties of Popoloca as separate languages. However, these fall into four groups with 75% mutual intelligibility or greater.



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